Janiszewice

Village in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
51°37′N 18°57′E / 51.617°N 18.950°E / 51.617; 18.950Country PolandVoivodeshipŁódźCountyZduńska WolaGminaZduńska WolaVehicle registrationEZD

Janiszewice [janiʂɛˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zduńska Wola, within Zduńska Wola County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Zduńska Wola and 41 km (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans operated a Nazi prison in Janiszewice that was subordinate to the prison in Sieradz.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Studnicka-Mariańczyk, Karolina (2018). "Zakład Karny w Sieradzu w okresie okupacji hitlerowskiej 1939–1945". Zeszyty Historyczne (in Polish). 17: 187.


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