Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki [ˈnɔvɨ ˈdvur mazɔˈvʲɛt͡skʲi] , often simply referred to as Nowy Dwór, is a town in east-central Poland with ca. 42500 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship ; previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodeship . It is the capital of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County. One of its districts is Modlin, created from incorporating the former village of Modlin into the growing town in 1961. From 1941 till 1942 a ghetto existed between the four streets Nałęcza, Warszawska, Mazowiecka and Piaskowa, most of the Jewish inhabitants were murdered in Auschwitz. Holocaust survivor Yehudis Pshenitse has recounted the efforts of ...
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