Kowalewice is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Parzęczew __NOTOC__ Gmina Parzęczew is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Parzęczew, which lies approximately north-west of Zgierz and north-west of the regional ...

, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Parzęczew, north-west of Zgierz, and north-west of the regional capital

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

Massacre during Second World War

During the German

Invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week aft ...

in 1939, German forces on 11 September murdered 23 Poles in the village.Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 352

References

Villages in Zgierz County Massacres in Poland Germany–Poland relations Nazi war crimes in Poland {{Zgierz-geo-stub