Rychłowice is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Wieluń
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Gmina Wieluń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieluń, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
The g ...
, within
Wieluń County,
Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south of
Wieluń and southwest of the regional capital
Łódź.
History
In 1827, the village had a population of 107.
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out
expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in
Łódź, and then young Poles were deported 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 and
German-occupied France
The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...
, and others were deported 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. Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to
German colonists as part of the ''
Lebensraum'' policy.
[Wardzyńska, p. 255]
References
Villages in Wieluń County
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