Palmiry
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| Palmiry | |
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  Palmiry
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| Coordinates: 52°22′N 20°47′E / 52.367°N 20.783°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki |
| Gmina | Czosnów |
| Population | 220 |
Palmiry ([palˈmirɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czosnów, within Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is located at the edge of the Kampinos Forest, approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Czosnów, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, and 23 km (14 mi) north-west of Warsaw. In 2000 the village had an approximate population of 220.
During World War II, between 1939 and 1943, the village and the surrounding forest was one of the sites of German mass executions of Polish intelligentsia, politicians and athletes, killed during the AB Action. Most of the victims were first arrested and tortured in the Pawiak prison in Warsaw, and then transferred to the execution site. In total, the remains of at least 2,115 men and women were exhumed, but it is probable that not all bodies were found. Listed among the known victims are:
- Juliusz Dąbrowski, journalist and one of the leaders of Polish Scouting
- Witold Hulewicz, poet and radio journalist
- Stefan Kopeć, biologist and physiologist, professor of the University of Warsaw
- Janusz Kusociński, athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
- Mieczysław Niedziałkowski, politician of the Polish Socialist Party
- Stanisław Piasecki, journalist, politician and art critic
- Jan Pohoski, politician, former deputy president of Warsaw
- Dawid Przepiórka, chess master
- Maciej Rataj, politician, Marshal of the Sejm
- Kazimierz Zakrzewski, scientist, professor of the University of Warsaw
After the war, in 1946, the bodies of the victims of the Germans' atrocity were exhumed and reburied in a new cemetery, situated approxmately 5 kilometres from the village itself. The reburial site has been a Polish national mausoleum since 1948.
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