Skudzawy is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Skrwilno
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Gmina Skrwilno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Skrwilno, which lies approximately south-east of Rypin and east of Toruń.
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, within
Rypin County,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
History
In 1827, Skudzawy had a population of 232.
During the
German occupation of Poland
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(
World War II
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), local school teachers were among the victims of large massacres of
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 ...
from the region carried out by the Germans in nearby
Skrwilno
Skrwilno is a village in Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Skrwilno. It lies approximately south-east of Rypin and east of Toruń.
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as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''.
References
Villages in Rypin County
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