Służewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Służewo
Village
St. John the Baptist's church, built AD 1560.
St. John the Baptist's church, built AD 1560.
Służewo is located in Poland
Służewo
Służewo
Coordinates: 52°51′N 18°39′E / 52.850°N 18.650°E / 52.850; 18.650
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyAleksandrów
GminaGmina Aleksandrów Kujawski
Population
1,180

Służewo [swuˈʐɛvɔ] (German: Schlusau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Aleksandrów Kujawski and 21 km (13 mi) south of Toruń.

The village has a population of 1,180. Before the war, it had a Jewish population of about 250. After several years of persecution during the German occupation, including many sent to slave labor camps, the remaining Jews in the town were rounded up in April 1942, held in a local church for several days, then deported to the Chelmno killing camp where they were gassed.[2] There were only two Jewish survivors from Służewo.

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey (2012). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. Volume II, 103. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.


Coordinates: 52°51′N 18°39′E / 52.850°N 18.650°E / 52.850; 18.650


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