Konewka is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Inowłódz
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Gmina Inowłódz is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Inowłódz, which lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-e ...
, within
Tomaszów Mazowiecki County Tomaszów may refer to the following places in Poland:
* Tomaszów Bolesławiecki, village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
* Tomaszów, Lublin Voivodeship, village in Puławy County
* Tomaszów Lubelski County, county in Lublin Voivodeship
** Tomasz ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of
Inowłódz
Inowłódz is a village in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Inowłódz. It lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-east of ...
, north-east of
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and south-east of the regional capital
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
.
There is a preserved bunker complex from
World War II
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in the village, now housing a museum.
History
During the
German occupation of Poland
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**Germania (historical use)
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(
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
), the occupiers operated a
forced labour
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camp for
Poles
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and
Jews
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at a local
sawmill
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.
References
Villages in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County
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