Malinowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Działdowo, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 3 km east of Działdowo and 64 km south of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of Masuria. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Malinowo forest was the site of German massacres of Poles from the Soldau concentration camp (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).