Longinówka

Longinówka [lɔŋɡiˈnufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozprza, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Rozprza, 4 km (2 mi) south of Piotrków Trybunalski, and 49 km (30 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.

According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 645, entirely Polish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession.

[2] During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the Germans locked up several captured Polish prisoners of war in a house in the village, then set it on fire and burned the Poles alive (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

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