Małe Czyste [ˈmawɛ ˈt͡ʂɨstɛ] (German: Reinau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Stolno, 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Chełmno, 32 km (20 mi) north of Toruń, and 39 km (24 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

Małe Czyste
Village
Infantry bunker UR-2 in Małe Czyste
Małe Czyste Show map of Poland Małe Czyste Show map of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Coordinates: 53°18′9″N 18°29′11″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Chełmno
Gmina	Stolno
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CCH

There are several bunkers from World War I in the village.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), Małe Czyste was the site of massacres of around 400 Poles from the region, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] The Poles were previously held in a German Selbstschutz jail in the nearby village of Dorposz Szlachecki.[2] Among the victims were 21 farmers from Małe Czyste.[2] The Germans burned the bodies of the victims to cover up the crime.[2]

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