Nawcz

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Nawcz
Village
Church in Nawcz
Church in Nawcz
Nawcz is located in Poland
Nawcz
Nawcz
Coordinates: 54°30′19″N 17°56′32″E / 54.50528°N 17.94222°E / 54.50528; 17.94222Coordinates: 54°30′19″N 17°56′32″E / 54.50528°N 17.94222°E / 54.50528; 17.94222
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyWejherowo
GminaŁęczyce
Population
252

Nawcz [naft͡ʂ] (Kashubian: Nôwcz, German: Nawitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łęczyce, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Łęczyce, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Wejherowo, and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village has a population of 252.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Auffanglager Nawitz[]

During the occupation of Poland by the Third Reich in World War II, the village was the location of the forced-labour camp Nawitz, set up as one of 40 subcamps of the notorious Nazi German Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk.[2][3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ "Stutthof, the first Nazi concentration camp outside Germany". Jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
  3. ^ Tenhumberg, Nawitz (Nawcz) Außenlager des Konzentrationslagers Stutthof. 2008 Tenhumbergreinhard.de (Düsseldorf).
  4. ^ Zachor, Memorial to the Victims of the Stutthof Concentration Camp 2014 We Remember (with collection of photographs).


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