Jasionowo is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Lipsk
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Gmina Lipsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Lipsk, which lies approximately south-east of Augus ...
, within
Augustów County,
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province ( pl, Województwo podlaskie, ) is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. The name of the province and its territory correspond to the historic region of Podlachia. The capital and largest cit ...
, in north-eastern
Poland, close to the border with
Belarus.
It is located within the historic
Suwałki Region (''Suwalszczyzna'').
History
In 1827, the village had a population of 47.
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), on 2 August 1943, the Germans
pacified the village in an act of anti-Polish revenge after losing an officer in a battle with the
Polish resistance. They surrounded the village and shot all the captured villagers, i.e. 58 Poles, including 19 children, and destroyed houses and outbuildings.
References
Villages in Augustów County
Sites of World War II massacres of Poles
World War II sites in Poland
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