Gniewczyna Łańcucka
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| name = Gniewczyna Łańcucka
| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Subcarpathian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Przeworsk
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Tryńcza
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Gniewczyna Łańcucka ({{IPA|pl|ɡɲɛfˈt͡ʂɨna waj̃ˈt͡sut͡ska}}) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tryńcza, within Przeworsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}} It lies approximately {{convert|9|km|mi|0}} south-west of Tryńcza, {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Przeworsk, and {{convert|36|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
History
In May 1942 Polish citizens of Gniewczyna Łęczycka and Gniewczyna Tryniecka detained and for several days tortured and raped the remaining Jewish population of the village, before handing them over to the Germans for execution.{{ cite web | title = W Gniewczynie 68 lat temu Polacy torturowali, gwałcili, a w końcu wydali Żydów Niemcom | language = Polish | publisher = Agora SA | url = http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80273,8750352,W_Gniewczynie_na_Podkarpaciu_stoi_dom_smierci.html | date = 1 December 2010 | accessdate = 2010-12-12}}{{cite journal | title = Gniewczyna jak Jedwabne | journal = Polityka | language = Polish | url = http://www.polityka.pl/kraj/1511076,1,gniewczyna-jak-jedwabne.read | issue = 49 | issn = 0032-3500 | publisher= Polityka Spółdzielnia Pracy | date = 4 December 2010}}{{Cite book |last=Markiel |first=Tadeusz |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/786438250 |title="Jakie to ma znaczenie, czy zrobili to z chciwości?" : zagłada domu Trynczerów |date=2011 |publisher=Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów |others=Alina Skibińska |isbn=978-83-932202-6-7 |edition=Wyd. 1 |location=Warsaw |oclc=786438250}} However, some local Poles also tried to shield the Jews.Friedberg, Edna. [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/poland-holocaust-death-camps/552455/ The Truth About Poland's Role in the Holocaust]. The Atlantic. 6 February 2018.
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