Warzyce 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 Jasło __NOTOC__ Gmina Jasło is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Jasło, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers ...

, within

Jasło County __NOTOC__ Jasło County ( pl, powiat jasielski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovakia, Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a re ...

Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it is ...

, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of

Jasło Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in Lesse ...

and south-west of the regional capital

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...

History

In 1938, there were 2636 Jews living in Jasło. During World War II, the Warzyce forest became a place of martyrdom of about 5000 Poles, Jews and Russians who were murdered there by the Nazis in many mass executions. The majority of Jewish victims were Jews from ghettos in

Frysztak Frysztak ( yi, פֿריסטיק Fristik; german: Freistadt) is a village in the Gmina Frysztak, Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, from Krosno. Frysztak lies in historic Lesser Poland. It is located on a hillock near the river ...

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...

, Nowy Zmigrod and Korczyn. One of the biggest mass shootings took place on the 3rd of August, 1942. That day, the Nazis shot in that forest about 690 Jews who were next buried in huge pits. After the war, the place of martyrdom became a cemetery with 32 mass graves. Cmentarz warzycki las 2

References

Warzyce Holocaust locations in Poland {{Jasło-geo-stub