Krzywe is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Suwałki
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Gmina Suwałki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Suwałki, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina cove ...
, within
Suwałki 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.
It lies approximately east of
Suwałki and north of the regional capital
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
.
The seat of the
Wigry National Park ''
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, photo_caption = Wigry Lake at sunset
Park logo with Eurasian beaver
, location = Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
, nearest_city = Suwałki
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, map_caption = ...
is located in Krzywe.
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), in 1940, the Germans murdered , a Polish parish priest from
Bakałarzewo
Bakałarzewo is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bakałarzewo. It lies approximately west of Suwałki and north of the regional capi ...
, in the forest near the village as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''.
According to some sources, the Germans gouged out his eyes and torn his tongue out before the execution.
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References
Krzywe
Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Intelligenzaktion massacre locations
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