Nowawieś Chełmińska

Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 18°33′30″E / 53.37111°N 18.55833°E / 53.37111; 18.55833
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Nowawieś Chełmińska
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Nowawieś Chełmińska

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Chełmno, 38 km (24 mi) north of Toruń, and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania
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History

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers and farmers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.