Odrowąż, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
49°29′51″N 19°51′14″E / 49.49750°N 19.85389°E / 49.49750; 19.85389Country PolandVoivodeshipLesser PolandCountyNowy TargGminaCzarny DunajecPopulation
920

Odrowąż [ɔˈdrɔvɔ̃ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Czarny Dunajec, 13 km (8 mi) west of Nowy Targ, and 63 km (39 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

In the summer of 1940, the German SS stormed the village and evicted the majority of the people in the village.[2]

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ 1997 BBC documentary The Nazis: A Warning from History
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