Sławki is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Somonino, within
Kartuzy County,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The ...
, in northern Poland.
It lies approximately south-west of
Somonino, south of
Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
. It is located in the ethnocultural region of
Kashubia in the historic region of
Pomerania.
History
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), in 1939, some
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
from Sławki were among the victims of a massacre committed by the Germans in nearby
Kaliska as part of the genocidal ''
Intelligenzaktion'' campaign.
Transport
There is a
railway station in the village.
References
Villages in Kartuzy County
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