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Wola [ˈvɔla] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pelplin, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Pelplin, 20 km (12 mi) south of Tczew, and 50 km (31 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, on October 21, 1939, three local Poles (parish priest, parish vicar, medical doctor) were murdered in the village by the Germans (see also Nazi war crimes in occupied Poland during World War II).