Mszadla, Łódź Voivodeship

Mszadla
Village
Mszadla
Coordinates: 51°53′58″N 19°53′54″E / 51.89944°N 19.89833°E / 51.89944; 19.89833
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Łódź
County Skierniewice County
Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie

Mszadla [ˈmʂadla] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Lipce Reymontowskie, 18 km (11 mi) west of Skierniewice, and 33 km (21 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 10 September murdered 153 Poles in the village. The victims were local farmers, refugees, four children as young as three years old.[2]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 333

Coordinates: 51°53′58″N 19°53′54″E / 51.89944°N 19.89833°E / 51.89944; 19.89833


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