Paulinów, Masovian Voivodeship
Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Paulinów [pau̯ˈlinuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sterdyń, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]
Paulinów | |
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Village | |
Memorial to the victims of the German-perpetrated massacre from 1943 | |
  Paulinów Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 52°32′54″N 22°17′52″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Sokołów |
| Gmina | Sterdyń |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WSK |
| National road |  |
During World War II, the village was occupied by Germany. Several people in the village helped to hide Jews. The Germans used a Jewish agent to pose as an escapee looking for a hiding place with a Polish family, after receiving help the agent denounced the Polish family to the Germans, resulting in a German-perpetrated massacre of 12 Poles and several Jews who were hiding with the family, committed on 24 February 1943.[2][3]