by firing squad, December 1939 - local Polish parish priest Antoni Więckowski deported by the Germans to the Soldau concentration camp and murdered there, January 1940 - 40 Poles from Zakroczym, including pre-way mayor Tadeusz Henzlich, murdered by the Germans in the Palmiry massacre, November 1941 - Last remaining Jews deported by the German Nazis to the ghetto at Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, 1944 - Germans create a transit camp for 30,000 residents of Warsaw, deported from the city after the Warsaw Uprising, 1945 - end of German occupation and World War II, as a result of which 78% of the town is destroyed. Sights Gothic-Renaissance Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (15th or 16th century), rebuilt after World War II in 1949. In its northern and southern walls there are Swedish cannonballs, Baroque Capuchin monastery and church of Saint Lawrence, a monument dedicated to insurgents of 1830 and 1863, and to victims of the war, castle hill, with a 19th-century manor house, built on 15th-century foundations. Original manor house was built before 1422 by Mazovian dukes, traces of an 11th-century gord, located northeast of town, on a high bank of the Vistula. The gord, first mentioned in 1065, was burned in late 13th century, and later rebuilt. Fort Nr. 1 Zakroczym (1883-1888). Transport The Expressway S7 and National road 62 run through the town, and the Warsaw Modlin Airport is located just east of the town. Cuisine The Zakroczym area is one of the places of cherry cultivation in Poland, which is one of the world's main cherry producers. Cherry products such as podchmielone wisienki zakroczymskie (cherries covered with syrup and spirit) and konfitura wiśniowa zakroczymska (a local type of traditional Polish cherry jam) are officially protected traditional foods of Zakroczym, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland. References External links Jewish Community in Zakroczym on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)