Watorowo

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Watorowo
Village
Bunker from World War I in Watorowo
Bunker from World War I in Watorowo
Watorowo is located in Poland
Watorowo
Watorowo
Coordinates: 53°18′01″N 18°25′31″E / 53.30028°N 18.42528°E / 53.30028; 18.42528Coordinates: 53°18′01″N 18°25′31″E / 53.30028°N 18.42528°E / 53.30028; 18.42528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyChełmno
GminaKijewo Królewskie
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCCH

Watorowo [vatɔˈrɔvɔ] (German: Waltersdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kijewo Królewskie, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History[]

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 165–166.



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