Bralin [ˈbralin] is a village in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bralin.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kępno and 142 km (88 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
Bralin | |
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Village | |
_ID_651394.jpg) Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Na Pólku | |
  Bralin | |
| Coordinates: 51°17′N 17°54′E / 51.283°N 17.900°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Kępno |
| Gmina | Bralin |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PKE |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.bralin.iap.pl |
History
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Nazi Germany until 1945, and the Polish population was persecuted. In 1939, the occupiers murdered the local sołtys (head of administration).[2] In 1939, the Germans carried out the first expulsions of Poles, who were deported in freight trains to Mińsk Mazowiecki in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[3]