Jedwabne
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Podlachian | ||
| County | Łomża | ||
| Gmina | Jedwabne | ||
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| - Total | 11.47 km² (4.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 1,901 | ||
| - Density | 165.7/km² (429.3/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 18-420 | ||
| Website: http://www.jedwabne.pl/ | |||
Jedwabne [jɛdˈvabnɛ] is a town in Poland, in the Podlasie Voivodship, in Łomża County, with 1,942 inhabitants (2002).
First mentioned in 1455, Jedwabne received its town rights in 1736. During the years 1939-1941 under Soviet occupation, some of local people were arrested or deported to Siberia, a priest Ryszard Marian Szumowski was killed by the Soviets in July 1941. The town was the site of Jedwabne pogrom during World War II.
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[edit] External links
- Official town website
- Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl
- Jedwabne Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Book (Hebrew, Yiddish and English), online at the New York Public Library
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