Spokojna

Village in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
51°56′21″N 16°06′10″E / 51.93917°N 16.10278°E / 51.93917; 16.10278Country PolandVoivodeshipLubuszCountyWschowaGminaSławaTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationFWS

Spokojna [spɔˈkɔi̯na] (German: Friedendorf)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sława, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[2]

History

During World War II, in January 1945, the Germans committed a massacre of some 20 Jewish women, who were unable to further walk during a death march from a just dissolved subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Sława.[3]

References

  1. ^ M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Toczewski, Andrzej (2017). "Filie obozów koncentracyjnych na Środkowym Nadodrzu". Ziemia Lubuska (in Polish). 3. Zielona Góra: 126. ISSN 2450-3355.


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