Fidury

Coordinates: 52°47′N 21°45′E / 52.783°N 21.750°E / 52.783; 21.750
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Fidury
Village
Fidury is located in Poland
Fidury
Fidury
Coordinates: 52°47′N 21°45′E / 52.783°N 21.750°E / 52.783; 21.750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyOstrów Mazowiecka
GminaOstrów Mazowiecka
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
07-300[1]
Vehicle registrationWOR

Fidury [fiˈdurɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Mazowiecka, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Ostrów Mazowiecka and 81 km (50 mi) north-east of Warsaw.

History[edit]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on 13 June 1943, Fidury and nearby Koziki were pacified by the German gendarmerie. In Fidury, eight Poles were either stabbed with bayonets, shot or burned alive.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Bartniczak, Mieczysław (1974). "Eksterminacja ludności w powiecie Ostrów Mazowiecka w latach okupacji hitlerowskiej (1939–1944)". Rocznik Mazowiecki (in Polish). No. 5. p. 182.