Niedrzwica Duża 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 ...

Lublin County Lublin County ( pl, Powiat Lubelski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1 ...

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, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called

Gmina Niedrzwica Duża Gmina Niedrzwica Duża is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Niedrzwica Duża, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin. The gm ...

. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin.

History

In 1827, Niedrzwica Duża had a population of 674. Following the joint German-Soviet

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

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in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. A local unit of the

Home Army The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) est ...

resistance organization was established. Activities included intelligence, sabotage and an attack on a Baudienst camp in nearby Zemborzyce. In 1944, it took part in the

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.Zawiła, p. 214 In 1944, the village was occupied by the

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, and the

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launched a raid on the Polish resistance. In the village, the Soviets held a show trial of four members of the Polish resistance and sentenced them to death. Other resistance members managed to escape and continued their resistance within the newly formed Freedom and Independence Association. Faced with many losses, they eventually decided to escape under false names through

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

to the American-occupied zone of Germany. They were caught by the Czechs at the border and returned to Poland. After returning to Niedrzwica, they continued their resistance, however, they soon relocated to

Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (pron. ; Polish: ; german: Hirschberg im Riesengebirge; Exonym: ''Deer Mountain''; szl, Jelyniŏ Gōra) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Low ...

and Rybnica, and continued their resistance there.Zawiła, p. 215

Transport

The S19 highway passes through Niedrzwica Duża, and there is a railway station in the village.

References

Villages in Lublin County {{LublinCounty-geo-stub