Orło, Masovian Voivodeship
Orło [ˈɔrwɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małkinia Górna, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Małkinia Górna, 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and 90 km (56 mi) north-east of Warsaw. HistoryOrło was a private church village of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock,[2] administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1823, the village had a population of 33.[2] During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, on September 9, 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 10 Poles (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] References
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