Maków Mazowiecki

Coordinates: 52°52′N 21°6′E / 52.867°N 21.100°E / 52.867; 21.100
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Maków Mazowiecki
Corpus Christi church in Maków Mazowiecki
Corpus Christi church in Maków Mazowiecki
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Websitewww.makowmazowiecki.pl

Maków Mazowiecki

Masovian Voivodship. It is the powiat capital of Maków County
(or Powiat of Maków). Its population is 10,850.

History

starost
of Maków, in the Corpus Christi church

The town obtained its town charter in 1421. It was a

Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown
.

A battle was fought nearby on August 19, 1920, during the

Polish-Soviet War.[2]

Before 1939 about 7,000 people lived in Maków, including 4,000

Holocaust. Some killings were done in the town; thousands of Maków Mazowiecki Jews were murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Germans also operated a forced labour camp in the town from 1941 to 1944.[6]

While a secret protocol had been struck prior to World War II between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that laid plans to split up Poland between them, Germany later abrogated this agreement and struck deeply into Russian territory. The Germans occupied Maków Mazowiecki from September 1939 to April 1945. In January 1945, heavy fighting and artillery barrages destroyed 90% of the town's buildings.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19216,198—    
19316,645+7.2%
20109,755+46.8%
Source: [7][8]

Notable people

  • David Azrieli - Canadian businessman and philanthropist
  • Kamil Majkowski - Polish football player
  • US Navy
    , born in Maków in 1900. His leadership in the nuclear propulsion and power generation was instrumental in developing a culture where safety was paramount.
  • Leib Langfus - Rabbi from Makow, later murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. His diary of his deportation and time in Auschwitz-Birkenau are considered one of the most valuable Holocaust era eyewitness testimonies.

References

  1. ^ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2012
  2. ISSN 1427-1443
    .
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 54.
  4. ^ a b Wardzyńska, p. 112
  5. ^ a b Wardzyńska, p. 236
  6. ^ "Arbeitserziehungslager Maków Mazowiecki". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  7. ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 195.
  8. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.

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