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Raciechowice

Raciechowice is a village in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Raciechowice.

History

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. A local police policeman was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.

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