Sławiec

Sławiec
Village
Sławiec
Coordinates: 53°12′N 21°55′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Łomża
Gmina	Nowogród
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BLM

Sławiec [ˈswavjɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogród, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Nowogród, 12 km (7 mi) west of Łomża, and 84 km (52 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941, and then by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. In 1943, the Germans massacred around 300 people in Sławiec, whom they previously imprisoned in nearby Łomża.^[2] Among the victims were inhabitants of the nearby towns of Zambrów and Wysokie Mazowieckie.^[2] There is a memorial at the site.^[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. "Masowe zbrodnie hitlerowskie w Powiecie Łomżyńskim". Powiat Łomżyński (in Polish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.