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Retki [ˈrɛtki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zduny, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Zduny, 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Łowicz, and 50 km (31 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź. It is located within the historical region of Mazovia.




History


Retki was a private church village within the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Rawa Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province, owned by the Archdiocese of Gniezno.
During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on 16 September 1939, Germans murdered 22 Poles in Retki, including nine farmers from Retki and 13 refugees from the nearby town of Zgierz (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).




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• German war crimes
• Timeline of the 1939 invasion of Poland
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