Miłoszyce

Miłoszyce [miwɔˈʂɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jelcz-Laskowice, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1]

It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Jelcz-Laskowice, 13 km (8 mi) north of Oława, and 22 km (14 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Miłoszyce dates back to the Middle Ages. The oldest known mention comes from a document of Pope Innocent IV from 1245.

During World War II the Germans established and operated the largest subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village.^[2] Over 6,000 men, mostly Poles, but also Jews, the French, Belgians, the Dutch, Czechs, Russians, Croats, were imprisoned there as forced laborers.^[2] Prisoners were given very low food rations and one set of clothes for the entire period of imprisonment.^[3] Prisoners washed in group baths with cold water once every two weeks, also in freezing conditions, which led to the deaths of many of them.^[3] There were terrible sanitary conditions in the camp.^[3] In total, around 2,000 people died there.^[2] In January 1945 the Germans evacuated most prisoners to Gross-Rosen in a "death march", in which around 1,000 prisoners died, also as a result of executions and cold.^[2][3] Around 300 ill prisoners were left in the camp hospital, where they liberated by the Soviets on 23 January 1945.^[2]

Gallery

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  Place of the former Nazi German concentration camp with barracks for prisoners built in 1944 in the background on the left
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  Memorial on the grave of victims of the local subcamp of Gross-Rosen
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  Wayside shrine commemorating the Lwów Oath of 1656
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  Cemetery chapel

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