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Stare Babice | |
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Village | |
 Parish church in Stare Babice | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Stare Babice Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 52°15′N 20°51′E / 52.250°N 20.850°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Warsaw West |
| Gmina | Stare Babice |
| Population (2010)[1] | 2,056[1] |
Stare Babice (pronounced [ˈstarɛ baˈbit͡sɛ]; "the Old Babice") is a village in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Babice.
World War II history
[edit]During occupation of Poland in World War II, Babice served as location of mass executions of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto nearby. In 1942, 110 Jews from the Gęsiówka Prison in Warsaw were murdered by the Germans in a single Babice massacre (pl).
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Liczba mieszkańców Gminy Stare Babice w podziale na miejscowości" (in Polish). Gmina Stare Babice. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ "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).
Further reading
[edit]- Jewish Community in Stare Babice on Virtual Shtetl
- Bartoszewski, Władysław (1970). Warszawski pierścień śmierci 1939–1944. Warsaw: Interpress.
- Ringelblum, Emanuel (1988). Stosunki polsko-żydowskie w czasie drugiej wojny światowej. Warsaw: Czytelnik. ISBN 83-07-01686-X.
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