Gruszeczka Explained

Gruszeczka
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Milicz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Milicz
Coordinates:51.4728°N 17.1633°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Pushpin Map:Poland

Gruszeczka (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 11km (07miles) south-west of Milicz, and 40km (30miles) north of the regional capital Wrocław.

World War II

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Filie obozu Gross-Rosen . Gross-Rosen Museum (Muzeum Gross Rosen w Rogoźnicy) . 16 October 2014 . Subcamps of Gross-Rosen, interactive.
  2. Web site: 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 . 20 September 2001 . 17 October 2014 . Prezes Rady Ministrów: J. Buzek.