Jelonki, Warsaw
Jelonki, prior to 1951 known as Jelonek, is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Bemowo.After he bought it, the village began being known as Jelonek, which in Polish translates to cervus, a genus of deer that was present in the area.[3] In September 1939, during the Invasion of Poland, in the Second World War, Miasto Ogród Jelonek was captured by the invading forces of Nazi Germany.It was recaptured on 18 September 1939, in the offensive by the group of Polish Armed Forces under the command of Leopold Okulicki.[8] The Schneider's factory functioned until 1940, when while under occupation of Poland by the Nazi Germany, the occupying forces ordered it to be closed down.[9] After the end of the Second World War, in Miasto Ogród Jelonek functioned the ceramics production school.[3] In 1943, the Schneiders family had donated 28 hectares of their lands (0.28 km² or 0.1 square miles) to the gmina (municipality) of Blizne, of which Miasto-Ogród Jelonek was part of, for development of streets, churches, schools, preschools, town hall, and other objects.
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