Kruklanki

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It is located in Masuria.[1]

History

Kruklanki was established in 1545 by Jan Bębelnik, who bought land to establish the village.[2][1] It was first settled and then predominantly inhabited for centuries by Polish people.[1] A new church was built in c. 1574Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1]

During World War II, six Polish generals, including Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and around 20 aides-de-camp and orderlies were initially held as prisoners of war by the Germans in the village after the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.[3] The Germans offered the Polish generals to collaborate, but the Poles declined.[3]

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