Kolonia Lubeckiego (;

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: Lubecki Colony) is a historical housing estate in the Ochota district of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

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, bordered by the streets Fitrowa, Krzywickiego, Wawelska, Grójecka and Plac Narutowicza. The area is characterized by houses built during the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...

, with many trees and green spaces.

History

The local council had originally planned to build a park on the site, however it was later agreed the area was more suitable as a residential area to accommodate the growing number of people working in the city center. Construction began in 1924, with the first buildings designed by several architects including Antoni Jawornicki, Aleksander Sygietyński, Wacław Weker and Teofil Wiśniowski, in the neoclassical style. By the 1930s, however, a more modernist style was incorporated into the estates design. During the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...

, between August 4 and 25, 1944, residents of the estate were embroiled in the so-called

Ochota massacre The Ochota Massacre (in Polish: ''Rzeź Ochoty'' – ''"Ochota slaughter"'') was a wave of German-orchestrated mass murder, looting, arson, torture and rape, which swept through the Warsaw district of Ochota from 4–25 August 1944, during the Wa ...

, a series of mass murders, robberies and other crimes perpetrated primarily by the

S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A. Kaminski Brigade, also known as Waffen-Sturm-Brigade der SS RONA, was a collaborationist formation composed of Russian nationals from the territory of the Lokot Autonomy in Axis-occupied areas of the RSFSR, Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. ...

, an anti-partisan group from Russia. An estimated 10,000 Ochota residents were murdered during this period.

Bibliography

* Jarosław Zieliński, ''Z dziejów Ochoty: Kolonia Lubeckiego (1)'', Ochotnik nr 11 02/2006 ISSN 1734-5510 * Jarosław Zieliński, ''Z dziejów Ochoty: Kolonia Lubeckiego (2)'', Ochotnik nr 12 03/2006 ISSN 1734-5510
Kolonia Lubeckiego w Spacerowniku Gazety Wyborczej
{{coord, 52.218889, 20.983611, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark Neighbourhoods of Warsaw Ochota