Białka, Parczew County

Białka
Village
Sacred Heart church in Białka
Białka
Coordinates: 51°32′5.5″N 23°0′21.2″E / 51.534861°N 23.005889°E / 51.534861; 23.005889
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyParczew
GminaDębowa Kłoda
Population
 • Total
280
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationLPA

Białka [ˈbjau̯ka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębowa Kłoda, within Parczew County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]

History

Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, the village became part of the General Government. In December 1942 the Białka massacre took place, in which close to a hundred villagers were executed by the German occupiers for helping local communist partisans.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ^ Fajkowski, Józef; Religa, Jan (1981). Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. pp. 21–22.
  3. ^ Libionka, Dariusz (2013-12-01). "Uwagi o ratowaniu Żydów w "okolicach Treblinki" [recenzja: Edward Kopówka, ks. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, Dam im imię na wieki. Polacy z okolic Treblinki ratujący Żydów]". Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały (in Polish) (9): 687–695. doi:10.32927/ZZSiM.622. ISSN 2657-3571.
  4. ^ Grabowski, Jan; Klein, Shira (2023). "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust". The Journal of Holocaust Research. 37 (2): 143. doi:10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939.