Balin | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Balin | |
| Coordinates:51°55′56″N18°48′44″E / 51.93222°N 18.81222°E /51.93222; 18.81222 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Poddębice |
| Gmina | Poddębice |
| Population | |
• Total | 110 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EPD |
| National roads |  |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
Balin[ˈbalin] is avillage in the administrative district ofGmina Poddębice, withinPoddębice County,Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 km (7 mi) west ofPoddębice and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capitalŁódź.
Balin was a private village ofPolish nobility, administratively located in the Szadek County in theSieradz Voivodeship in theGreater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
During the Germaninvasion of Poland at the start ofWorld War II, on 8 September 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 21 Polish farmers in Balin (seeNazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] During the subsequentGerman occupation, in 1942, the German gendarmerie carried outexpulsions of Poles, who were then enslaved asforced labour in the area.[4]
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