Łaskarzew

Infobox Settlement
name = Łaskarzew
imagesize = 250px
image_shield = POL Łaskarzew COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Garwolin
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Łaskarzew (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Waldemar Larkiewicz
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1418
area_total_km2 =
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 4908
population_density_km2 =
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 47 | lats = 24 | latNS = N | longd = 21 | longm = 35 | longs = 33 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 08-450
area_code = +48 25
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WG
website = http://www.miasto.laskarzew.pl Łaskarzew [IPA-pl|ł|a|s|'|k|a|ż|e|f] is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,948 inhabitants (2004).

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 17th September murdered 54 people in the town, including 34 Jews and 24 Poles. The vicitms included elderly people as old as 75 years. [Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 417] .

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