Sanniki is a

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Gostynin County __NOTOC__ Gostynin County ( pl, powiat gostyniński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...

, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Sanniki Gmina Sanniki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gostynin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sanniki, Masovian Voivodeship, Sanniki, which lies approximately east of Gostynin and west of W ...

. It lies approximately east of

Gostynin Gostynin is a town in central Poland with 19,414 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship since 1999 and was previously in the Płock Voivodship from 1975 to 1998. It is the capital of Gostynin County. History Gostynin h ...

and west of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. The town has a population of 2,000.

History

Fryderyk Chopin The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's BRI ...

, then 18, vacationed here in 1828. Before

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, the town had a Jewish community of 300 or so. During the

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, the Jews were forced to live in a small

ghetto A ghetto, often called ''the'' ghetto, is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially as a result of political, social, legal, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished t ...

. In 1940, the German gendermerie and SS carried out expulsions of local Poles, who were sent to a transit camp in Kutno and then deported to

forced labour Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...

in Germany. In 1941, the Jews were forced to demolish a local church so Germans could photograph it for their anti-semitic propaganda. In early 1942, the 250 Jews left in the ghetto were deported to the

Chełmno extermination camp , known for = , location = Near Chełmno nad Nerem, ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' (German-occupied Poland) , built by = , operated by = , commandant = Herbert Lange, Christian Wirth , original use = , construction = , in operation ...

to be murdered. The number of Sanniki Jews who survived is unknown. From 1943 to 1945, the town was renamed by the German occupiers to ''Sannikau''.

References

External links

Jewish Community in Sanniki
on Virtual Shtetl
Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Gostynin County {{Gostynin-geo-stub