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At the beginning of World War II, the Nazi Germans established the Stutthof concentration camp in the town, which soon developed into a huge complex of 40 subcamps across numerous locations, with as many as 100,000 people incarcerated there from all of German-occupied Europe, and more than 85,000 victims.[1]
History
Sztutowo has been known since the beginning of the 13th century as a fishing settlement in the Eastern Pomeranian (
were founded in 1432 to provide refreshment and fresh horses for the coaches, and the settlement developed into a village.In 1454, Polish King
As Stutthof, the village became part of the German Empire upon the Prussian-led unification of Germany in 1871. After the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I, the village became part of the territory of the Free City of Danzig in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
World War II
At the beginning of World War II in 1939, the Nazis built the Stutthof concentration camp nearby, which received its first prisoners on 2 September that year. The village was annexed to Nazi Germany. The camp eventually developed into a huge complex with branches throughout northern Poland by the time it was liberated in May 1945 by the Red Army. More than 110,000 persons of twenty-five nationalities from nineteen countries were imprisoned, and it is estimated that more than 85,000 of them perished here.[1] After the war, the village was reintegrated with Poland. The site of the former Stutthof camp, located to the west of the current village, is now a Polish national museum.
Economy
Sztutowo is an agricultural, fishing, and tourist center, with numerous guest houses, spas, campgrounds, and recreational facilities. It has numerous seaside activities and a close proximity to a Polish national
Sports
Hemako Sztutowo professional beach soccer team is based in Sztutowo.
References
- ^ a b "Stutthof, the first Nazi concentration camp outside Germany". Jewishgen.org. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. pp. 89–90, 207.
- ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 129.
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- ^ McGill, Vivian Jerauld (1931). Schopenhauer Pessimist and Pagan. p. 39. Retrieved 13 June 2011.