Małusy Wielkie 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 Mstów __NOTOC__ Gmina Mstów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Mstów, which lies approximately east of Częstochowa and north of the regional capi ...

, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of

Mstów Mstów may refer to: * Mstów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a village in Limanowa County, Poland * Mstów, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in Częstochowa County, Poland *Gmina Mstów __NOTOC__ Gmina Mstów is a rural gmina (administrative distric ...

, east of

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

, and north of the regional capital

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

History

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 ...

, which started World War II in September 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 11

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

(see '' Nazi crimes against the Polish nation'').

References

Villages in Częstochowa County Sites of World War II massacres of Poles Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland {{DEFAULTSORT:Małusy Wielkie