Bralin, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Bralin | |
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Village | |
_ID_651394.jpg) Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Na Pólku | |
  Bralin | |
| Coordinates: 51°17′N 17°54′E / 51.283°N 17.900°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Kępno |
| Gmina | Bralin |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PKE |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.bralin.iap.pl |
Bralin [ˈbralin] is a village in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bralin.[1]
History
[edit]Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Nazi Germany until 1945, and the Polish population was persecuted. In 1939, the occupiers murdered the local sołtys (head of administration).[2] In 1939, the Germans carried out the first expulsions of Poles, who were deported in freight trains to Mińsk Mazowiecki in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[3] The occupiers established and operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag XXI-A prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 276.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 184. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ "Work Camps". Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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