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3 unusual facts about Zwolen


Zwoleń

In March 1941, Jews from Przytyk were transferred to Zwoleń (fact disputed by some scholars claiming that by then Jews of Przytyk were already removed).

On August 19–20, 1942 approximately 5,000 Jews were shipped in from Gniewoszów ghetto nearby.

The town is located in southeastern corner of Mazovian Voivodeship, at the crossroads of two national roads: the 79th (Warsaw - Sandomierz - Kraków - Bytom), and the 12th (Łęknica - Dorohusk).


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Sandomierz Voivodeship

The voivodeship had several starostas, who resided in such towns, as Sandomierz, Radom, Checiny, Opoczno, Nowy Korczyn, Stezyca, Wislica, Pilzno, Stopnica, Solec nad Wisla, Zawichost, Szydlow, Przedborz, Ropczyce, Ryczywol, Radoszyce, Ryki, Zwolen, Golab and others.

Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship

It had a parish church of St. Lawrence, which controlled parishes of large parts of northern Lesser Poland, at such towns, as Kozienice, Stężyca, Dęblin, Zwoleń and Kazimierz Dolny.

Zygmunt Janiszewski

He left the Legions and hid under the false name Zygmunt Wicherkiewicz in Boiska, near Zwoleń.


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