Potępa 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 ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Krupski Młyn __NOTOC__ Gmina Krupski Młyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Krupski Młyn, which lies approximately north-west of Tarnowskie Góry and ...

, within

Tarnowskie Góry County __NOTOC__ Tarnowskie Góry County ( pl, powiat tarnogórski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of

Krupski Młyn Krupski Młyn (German ''Kruppamühle'') is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krupski Młyn. It lies approximately north-west ...

, north-west of

Tarnowskie Góry Tarnowskie Góry (German: ''Tarnowitz''; szl, Tarnowske Gōry) is a town in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. On the south it borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a megalopolis, the greater Si ...

, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice. On the night of 9 August 1932, five uniformed Nazi Stormtroopers ( Sturmabteilung) burst into the apartment of miner, trade unionist, member of the Communist Party of Germany, Konrad Pietrzuch, and beat him to death in the presence of his mother and younger brother. The five murderers did nothing to disguise themselves during the attack and they were quickly arrested. After a well-publicized trial in

Beuthen Bytom (Polish pronunciation: ; Silesian: ''Bytōm, Bytōń'', german: Beuthen O.S.) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capita ...

(now Bytom, Poland), they were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Later, the sentence was changed to life imprisonment. In March 1933, after Hitler assumed office, the murderers were released.

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Villages in Tarnowskie Góry County {{TarnowskieGóry-geo-stub