Barbarka | |
Settlement Type: | District of Toruń |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County/City |
Subdivision Name2: | Toruń |
Coordinates: | 53.05°N 51°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CT |
Barbarka is a district of Toruń, Poland,[1] located in the north-western part of the city.
During the German occupation of Poland in time of World War II, Barbarka was the site of German massacres of over 1,100 Poles from Toruń, Chełmża, Skępe and other places in the region, including teachers, school principals, local officials, restaurateurs, shop owners, merchants, farmers, railwaymen, policemen, craftsmen, students, priests, workers, doctors, committed as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Six mass graves were discovered after the war, in five of which the bodies of the victims were burnt, as the Germans tried to cover up the crime.[3]