Torzeniec

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Torzeniec

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Torzeniec Pałac-front.JPG

| image_caption = Torzeniec Palace

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Ostrzeszów

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Doruchów

| coordinates = {{coord|51|24|N|18|8|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| elevation_m =

| population_total =

| registration_plate = POT

| blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads

| blank_info_sec2 = 32px

}}

Torzeniec {{IPAc-pl|t|o|'|ż|e|ń|e|c}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Doruchów, within Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} south-east of Doruchów, {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Ostrzeszów, and {{convert|139|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

History

According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 629, entirely Polish by nationality, 98.7% Roman Catholic and 1.3% Lutheran by confession.{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|volume=X|year=1926|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=32}}

During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II in September 1939, while fighting at night, German troops mistakenly fired on each other and then blamed the local Polish inhabitants.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=IPN|page=93}} In "retaliation," German soldiers set fire to the village, shot at fleeing residents, and then organized a nighttime manhunt. Additionally, they executed 18 captured Polish men the next morning (the Torzeniec massacre, see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

References

Category:Villages in Ostrzeszów County

Category:Sites of World War II massacres of Poles