Moskwin

Moskwin [ˈmɔskfin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 km (4 mi) west of Wyszki, 22 km (14 mi) west of Bielsk Podlaski, and 37 km (23 mi) south-west of the regional capital Białystok.

Moskwin
Village
Moskwin
Coordinates: 52°50′N 22°54′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Bielsk
Gmina	Wyszki
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BBI
Voivodeship road

History

During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on September 14, 1939, German troops of the 3rd Panzer Division carried out a massacre of nine local Poles, including one deaf-mute man and one intellectually disabled man (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[2]