Sprowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sà Âupia, within JÃÂdrzejów County, à ÂwiÃÂtokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Sà Âupia, west of JÃÂdrzejów, and south-west of the regional capital Kielce.
Within the Kingdom of Poland, Sprowa was a private village of Polish nobility, including the OdrowÃ à ¼ and Szczepanowski families. After the Partitions of Poland, Sprowa fell to the Russian Partition of Poland in 1815. During the January Uprising, on December 4, 1863, a battle was fought at Sprowa between Polish insurgents and Russian troops. In 1918, Poland regained independence and control of the village.
During the German occupation (World War II), a local Polish farmer, Jan Molenda, hid 23 Jews from Szczekociny, Raszków, à Âódà º, Dàbrowica and Sà Âupia on his farm in 1942âÂÂ1943, including three families with children (see Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust). The Germans discovered the hideout, murdered 18 captured Jews on the spot, and arrested Molenda, who then escaped from prison in JÃÂdrzejów, and hid from the Germans until the end of the occupation.