Czekaj, Łódź Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Czekaj.

Czekaj [ˈt͡ʂɛkai̯] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uniejów, within Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) north-east of Uniejów, 14 km (9 mi) north-west of Poddębice, and 50 km (31 mi) north-west of the regional capital Łódź.

Czekaj
Village
Czekaj
Coordinates: 51°58′57″N 18°49′47″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Poddębice
Gmina	Uniejów
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EPD

History

During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on 8 September 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 13 Polish farmers (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[2]