Country Poland Town rights 1374 Area 30.23 km² Local time Monday 8:22 PM | Established before 1294 Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 42,452 (2008) Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship | |
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County Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County Gmina Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (urban gmina) Weather 8°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 96% Humidity | ||
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki [ˈnɔvɨ ˈdvur mazɔˈvʲɛt͡skʲi] is a town in east-central Poland with ca. 42500 inhabitants (2008). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County.
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Map of Nowy Dw%C3%B3r Mazowiecki, Poland
One of its districts is Modlin, created from incorporating the former village of Modlin into the growing town.
Holocaust survivor Yehudis Pshenitse has recounted the efforts of a parish priest from Nowy Dwór to save her life after the murder of more than 2000 Jews in Rembertów ghetto in August 1942. Hiding her in his cellar, he gave her false papers identifying her as a Christian. Betrayed to the German occupying forces, the priest was tortured. He was released, but mortally wounded. Pshenitse described how he blessed her before dying: 'Once again, he asked [his housekeeper] that I be hidden in a safe place, and then he died'. The housekeeper took her to Modlin, where she was able to survive, living 'by her own wits, posing as a Christian child'.
The Israeli city of Holon has a Nowy Dwór Street (רחוב נובידבור). The name was given at the request of survivors of the Nowy Dwór Jewish community, who arrived in Holon after 1945.