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The most precious cultural heritage monument is the Gothic-Baroque church of the Holy
Trinity, which dates back to the 15th century. Other historic structures include the Mariavite Church and the
358:) out of homes and ordered them to repair a damaged bridge. After the work was completed the German soldiers shot all of them. Another massacre took place later in which 50 Jews were executed.
311:", comes from the day on which the weekly market was held. Piątek was granted town rights before 1339. It was a private church town administratively located in the Łęczyca County in the
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camps. In 1942, German police began randomly shooting Jews and in August 1942 rounded them up and shot those who were ill and elderly in the local cemetery. Others were sent to the
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and stripped of their possessions. Many Jews in the Piątek ghetto died of starvation and disease due to limited food and severe overcrowding. In 1941, hundreds were taken to
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The town has a population of 1,690. It is claimed to lie at the "geometrical centre" of Poland, although it is not the true
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where they were immediately gassed. Only a few of Piątek's Jews survived the war.
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Sculpture in Piątek marking the "geometrical centre" of Poland.
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of the
Kingdom of Poland. One of two main routes connecting
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and 32 km (20 mi) north of the regional capital
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Before the war around 1,300 Jews lived in Piątek. Under
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Sites of Nazi war crimes during the
Invasion of Poland
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811:Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship
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826:Holocaust locations in Poland
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489:"55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce"
508:Megargee, Geoffrey (2012).
335:often traveled that route.
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463:"Informacja historyczna"
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333:Augustus III of Poland
329:Augustus II the Strong
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210: • Summer (
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231:Vehicle registration
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313:Łęczyca Voivodeship
285:geographical centre
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785:Włostowice-Parcele
765:Sułkowice Pierwsze
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385:Points of interest
340:Invasion of Poland
338:During the German
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375:Lodz ghetto
139:Voivodeship
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805:Categories
790:Żabokrzeki
780:Włostowice
700:Michałówka
473:4 December
405:References
174:Population
93:19°28′50″E
725:Pęcławice
625:Czerników
610:Boguszyce
348:Wehrmacht
346:in 1939,
193:Time zone
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695:Mchowice
670:Konarzew
665:Jasionna
660:Janowice
620:Broników
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497:12624404
90:52°4′9″N
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720:Orenice
690:Łubnica
685:Leżajna
655:Janówek
605:Bielice
325:Dresden
315:in the
303:History
274:Łęczyca
156:Łęczyca
119:Country
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705:Młynów
650:Janków
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600:Balków
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354:and 7
321:Warsaw
309:Friday
262:Poland
242:Piątek
182:1,690
168:Piątek
151:County
132:Poland
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71:Piątek
25:Piątek
775:Witów
770:Sypin
352:Poles
266:gmina
248:is a
219:UTC+2
198:UTC+1
163:Gmina
680:Łęka
514:ISBN
493:OCLC
475:2020
430:2021
356:Jews
331:and
323:and
278:Łódź
250:town
223:CEST
144:Łódź
32:Town
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235:ELE
212:DST
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