Bądków, Łódź Voivodeship


Bądków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zgierz, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Zgierz and north of the regional capital Łódź.
The village has a population of 126.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces mass murdered 22 Poles by burning them alive. The victims included three elderly people and one child. The Poles were imprisoned in a barn that was set on fire. Those who tried to escape from the fire were shot by the Germans during the escape attempt.