Boguszewo is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Gruta, within
Grudziądz County,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It lies approximately south-east of
Gruta
Gruta (german: Grutta) is a village in Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the pr ...
, east of
Grudziądz, and north-east of
Toruń. It is located in
Chełmno Land within the historic region of
Pomerania.
History
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), Boguszewo was one of the sites of executions of
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''. In 1940, the occupiers also carried out
expulsions of Poles, who were sent to a transit camp in
Toruń and then deported either to the
General Government
The General Government (german: Generalgouvernement, pl, Generalne Gubernatorstwo, uk, Генеральна губернія), also referred to as the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (german: Generalgouvernement für die be ...
in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or to
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
in Germany, while their houses and farms were handed over to
German colonists as part of the ''
Lebensraum'' policy.
Transport
There is a train station in the village.
References
Villages in Grudziądz County
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