Małkinia Górna

Małkinia Górna
Village
Church of the Sacred Heart
Małkinia Górna
Coordinates: 52°41′37″N 22°03′02″E / 52.69361°N 22.05056°E / 52.69361; 22.05056Coordinates: 52°41′37″N 22°03′02″E / 52.69361°N 22.05056°E / 52.69361; 22.05056
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Ostrów Mazowiecka
Gmina	Gmina Małkinia Górna
Population
• Total	5,200

Małkinia Górna [mau̯ˈkiɲa ˈɡurna] is a large village in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with about 6,000 inhabitants (2005). It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Małkinia Górna.

Małkinia is a railway junction. There, the main line between Warsaw and Białystok crosses with the secondary-importance connection Ostrołęka - Siedlce. During World War II the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp was located nearby. Victims were often held in locked trains at the Małkinia railway station awaiting transport into the camp.^[1]

References[]

• Jewish Community in Małkinia Górna on Virtual Shtetl

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