The main geographical area of its activity was the city of Nowy Targ itself and the village of Waksmund in the same county.
During the Second World War, on June 29th, 1943 the village was the site of one of the worst massacres carried out by the Nazi occupiers in the Podhale region, after the break-up of the Tatra Confederation revealed that many members of the resistance organization were from this village.
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A similar effect, although far more pronounced, happens at Funtensee in Germany.
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