Miežionys ( pl, Mieżańce) 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 ...
in the
Vilnius district municipality
Vilnius District Municipality ( lt, Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on 3 sides, while the rest borders the Trakai District Municipality.
At the 2011 Census, Poles a ...
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Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, its population was 92.
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From 1923 to 1939 the village was located in Wilno Voivodeship, in the north-eastern part of the Second Polish Republic. After the Nazi German and Soviet invasions of Poland in September 1939 the village was transferred to Lithuania according to the ]Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty
The Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty ( lt, Lietuvos-Sovietų Sąjungos savitarpio pagalbos sutartis) was a bilateral treaty signed between the Soviet Union and Lithuania on October 10, 1939. According to provisions outlined in the tre ...
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During the Nazi
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occupation in World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
the village gave assistance to the Jews organised into food gathering groups sent from the Jewish ghetto in Radun, including those who escaped the German massacre of May 10, 1942. Among them was Leon Kahn, who appeared with his father in Mieżańce (''Mizhantz'') while wandering around the area. The villagers took them in and gave them food and help.[ Sarah Fishkin of Rubieżewicze left a diary attesting to repeated acts of kindness by villagers in that area.][
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Notes
References
* Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski, ''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich T. 6'', Warszawa, pp. 363–364. Chapter
Mieżańce
* Danuta Danowska
''Tygodnik Zwiazku Polakow na Litwie''
Villages in Vilnius County
Vilnius District Municipality
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