Zbylitowska Góra

Zbylitowska Góra
Village
Zbylitowska Góra
Coordinates: 49°59′N 20°55′E / 49.983°N 20.917°E / 49.983; 20.917
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Tarnów County
Gmina Gmina Tarnów

Zbylitowska Góra [zbɨliˈtɔfska ˈɡura] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Tarnów and 71 km (44 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków. It is the site of a mass grave from World War II, which is marked by a monument. In June 1942 approximately 10,000 people, including 6,000 Jews and about 800 children were executed by the German Nazis, and buried in pits in the Buczyna forest in Zbylitowska Góra.[1]

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Coordinates: 49°59′N 20°55′E / 49.983°N 20.917°E / 49.983; 20.917


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