Watorowo
Village
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyChełmno
GminaKijewo Królewskie
Coordinates53°18′01″N 18°25′31″E
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
Time zone (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Registration plateCCH

Watorowo /watorowo/ is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kijewo Królewskie, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.