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Gruszeczka

Coordinates: 51°28′22″N 17°09′48″E / 51.47278°N 17.16333°E / 51.47278; 17.16333
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Gruszeczka
Village
Gruszeczka is located in Poland
Gruszeczka
Gruszeczka
Coordinates: 51°28′22″N 17°09′48″E / 51.47278°N 17.16333°E / 51.47278; 17.16333
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyMilicz
GminaMilicz
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Gruszeczka ([ɡruˈʂɛt͡ʂka]) (German: Birnbäumel) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milicz, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Milicz, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the regional capital Wrocław.

World War II

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Gruszeczka was the location of Birnbäumel Concentration Camp with around 1,000 women prisoners working for Nazi German company Unternehmen Barthold. Birnbäumel was a subcamp of Gross-Rosen concentration camp complex, with the majority of inmates, both Christian and Jewish, deported from across occupied Poland.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Filie obozu Gross-Rosen" [Subcamps of Gross-Rosen, interactive]. Gross-Rosen Museum (Muzeum Gross Rosen w Rogoźnicy). Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ Prezes Rady Ministrów: J. Buzek (20 September 2001). "Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów w sprawie określenia miejsc odosobnienia, w których były osadzone osoby narodowości polskiej lub obywatele polscy innych narodowości". Dziennik Ustaw Nr 106, Poz. 1154. Retrieved 17 October 2014.