Mierzęcin [mjɛˈʐɛnt͡ɕin] (German: Mehrenthin)[citation needed] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobiegniew, within Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Dobiegniew, 22 km (14 mi) east of Strzelce Krajeńskie, and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.

During World War II, on April 1, 1942, the village was the site of a public execution of a 34-year-old Polish man, unfoundedly accused of raping a German girl.

[2] The Gestapo carried out the execution despite the opposition to the charge from the local village chief, the population and the girl's family.

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