Goworowo, Płońsk County

Goworowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwińsk [nad Wisłą|Czerwińsk nad Wisłą], within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Olympian Kazimierz Suchorzewski was born here.

History

During the invasion of Poland, a member of the 2nd [SS Panzer Division Das Reich|SS-Artillerie-Standarte] and an Army Feldgendarme killed 50 Jews in the village. The local German Army commander ordered a court-martial, with the prosecutor demanding the death penalty. The charges were, however, dropped, following intense pressure from Himmler.