Bralin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

See also: Bralin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bralin [ˈbralin] is a village in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bralin.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kępno and 142 km (88 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

Bralin
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Na Pólku
Bralin
Coordinates: 51°17′N 17°54′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Kępno
Gmina	Bralin
Population
• Total	2,500
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PKE
Voivodeship road
Website	http://www.bralin.iap.pl

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Nazi Germany until 1945, and the Polish population was persecuted. In 1939, the occupiers murdered the local sołtys (head of administration).^[2] In 1939, the Germans carried out the first expulsions of Poles, who were deported in freight trains to Mińsk Mazowiecki in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland.^[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 276.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 184. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.