15 to September 17, and during the fighting, almost the whole town was burned. On September 17, 1939, invading German forces murdered 58 people in the town, including 34 Jews and 24 Poles (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). The victims included elderly people as old as 75 years. Later on, Łaskarzew was a center of Polish resistance. On September 27, 1942, German forces deported 1,240 Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp. In Łaskarzew, Polish and Soviet units concentrated in the summer of 1944 for the Vistula river crossing. Sights Among points of interest there are the Holy Cross Church (1884), destroyed during World War II, and rebuilt in 1946, and a cemetery chapel from 1847. Transport The town has had a rail station since 1877. The Polish S17 highway, which is part of the European route E372, runs nearby, some east of Łaskarzew. References External links Jewish Community in Łaskarzew on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Garwolin County Lublin Governorate Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939) Nazi war crimes in Poland Holocaust locations in Poland