Białka, Parczew County
Village in Poland
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Białka [ˈbjau̯ka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębowa Kłoda, within Parczew County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
Białka | |
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Village | |
Sacred Heart church in Białka | |
| Coordinates: 51°32′5.5″N 23°0′21.2″E | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Parczew |
| Gmina | Dębowa Kłoda |
| Population | |
• Total | 280 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LPA |
History
Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, the village became part of the General Government. In December 1942 the Białka massacre took place, in which close to a hundred villagers were executed by the German occupiers for helping local communist partisans.[2][3][4]