Nawcz Explained

Nawcz
Settlement Type:	Village
Total Type:
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:	Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Wejherowo
Subdivision Type3:	Gmina
Subdivision Name3:	Łęczyce
Coordinates:	54.5053°N 17.9422°W
Pushpin Map:	Poland
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Population Total:	252

Nawcz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łęczyce, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) south-east of Łęczyce, 230NaN0 south-west of Wejherowo, and 480NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Forced-labour camp

During the occupation of Poland by the Third Reich in World War II, the village was the location of the forced-labour camp Nawitz, set up as one of 40 subcamps of the notorious Nazi German Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
2. Web site: Stutthof, the first Nazi concentration camp outside Germany . Jewishgen.org . 2014-11-12.
3. Tenhumberg, Nawitz (Nawcz) Außenlager des Konzentrationslagers Stutthof. 2008 Tenhumbergreinhard.de (Düsseldorf).
4. Zachor, Memorial to the Victims of the Stutthof Concentration Camp 2014 We Remember (with collection of photographs).