Brzoza , meaning
birch, is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Wielka Nieszawka
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Gmina Wielka Nieszawka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wielka Nieszawka, which lies approximately south-west of Toruń.
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, within
Toruń County,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It lies approximately east of
Wielka Nieszawka and south-east of
Toruń. It is located in the historic region of
Kuyavia.
History
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), in 1939, the local Polish school principal was murdered by the Germans in a
massacre of
Poles
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committed in the nearby Barbarka forest in
Toruń as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''. In November 1940, the German ''
Schutzpolizei'' carried out
expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Toruń, and then either deported to the
General Government
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in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or sent to
forced labour
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, while their houses and farms were handed over to
German
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colonists as part of the ''
Lebensraum'' policy.
Transport
Brzoza is located at the intersection of the Polish
A1 and
S10 S10 may refer to:
Automobiles
* Chevrolet S-10, a pickup truck
* Nissan Silvia (S10), a sports car
* Toyota Crown (S10), a luxury car
Aviation
* Lake Chelan Airport, in Chelan County, Washington, United States
* Letov Š-10, a Czech trainer ...
highways, and also the
National road 91 passes through the village. There is also a railway station in the village.
References
Villages in Toruń County
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