Lućmierz-Las

Lućmierz-Las
Village
Memorial to World War II victims
Lućmierz-Las
Coordinates: 51°53′37″N 19°22′6″E / 51.89361°N 19.36833°E / 51.89361; 19.36833
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Zgierz
Gmina	Gmina Zgierz
Population	20

Lućmierz-Las (pronounced [ˈlut͡ɕmjɛʂ ˈlas], English: Lućmierz Forest) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zgierz, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Zgierz and 14 km (9 mi) north-west of the regional capital Łódź.^[1]

The village has a population of 20. Along with the neighbouring settlement of Lućmierz-Ośrodek the village forms the Sołectwo Lućmierz.^[2] The first mention of Lućmierz appeared in 1391.

World War II history

During the occupation of Poland in World War II, Lućmierz-Las was the location of secret executions of Jews and Poles by Nazi German Einsatzgruppen helped by Selbstschutz executioners already since 1939. It is estimated that up to 30,000 people were murdered there in mass executions beginning with Intelligenzaktion Litzmannstadt and than continued with the killings of inmates of the Radogoszcz prison and Jews from the Łódź Ghetto. After the war, a memorial has been built there to commemorate victims buried in mass graves.^[3]^[4]

One of forest mass graves at Lućmierz-Las

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej (2016), Urząd Gminy Zgierz. Statuty Sołectw (Polish).
↑ Gmina Zgierz (30 March 2016), Krótka historia jednego miejsca – Lućmierz Las. Ziemia Zgierska - niezależny serwis informacyjny.
↑ Las Lućmierski Miejsca bitew, i męczeństwa. M.wSiodle.Lodzkie.pl via Internet Archive. (Polish)

Gmina Zgierz

Seat	Zgierz (not part of the gmina)

Villages	Adolfów Astachowice Bądków Besiekierz Nawojowy Besiekierz Rudny Biała Ciosny Ciosny-Kolonia Cyprianów Czaplinek Dąbrówka Wielka Dąbrówka-Malice Dąbrówka-Marianka Dąbrówka-Sowice Dąbrówka-Strumiany Dębniak Dzierżązna Emilia Florianów Gieczno Glinnik Głowa Grabiszew Grotniki Janów Jasionka Jedlicze A Jedlicze B Jeżewo Józefów Kania Góra Kębliny Kotowice Krzemień Kwilno Leonardów Leonów Lorenki Lućmierz Lućmierz-Las Maciejów Marcjanka Michałów Moszczenica Nowe Łagiewniki Osmolin Ostrów Palestyna Podole Rogóźno Rosanów Rozalinów Samotnik Siedlisko Skotniki Śladków Górny Słowik Smardzew Stare Brachowice Stare Łagiewniki Stefanów Swoboda Szczawin Szczawin Kościelny Szczawin Mały Szczawin-Kolonia Ukraina Ustronie Warszyce Wiktorów Władysławów Wola Branicka Wola Branicka-Kolonia Wola Rogozińska Wołyń Wypychów Zimna Woda

Coordinates: 51°53′37″N 19°22′6″E / 51.89361°N 19.36833°E / 51.89361; 19.36833

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