Dusocin Explained

Dusocin
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Grudziądz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Grudziądz
Coordinates:53.5833°N 70°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:CGR
Blank Name Sec2:National roads

Dusocin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grudziądz, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12km (07miles) north-east of Grudziądz and 640NaN0 north of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, some Polish farmers from Dusocin were murdered by the Germans in the in the nearby village of Białochowo (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 172.