Osowa, Włodawa County Explained

Osowa
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Włodawa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Hańsk
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.4131°N 23.5256°W

Osowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hańsk, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) east of Hańsk, 160NaN0 south of Włodawa, and 690NaN0 east of the regional capital Lublin.

WWII labor camp Osowa

During World War II the Nazis established a labor camp for Polish Jewish citizens, as well as citizens of other states, mostly Czech Jewish prisoners brought here from the Theresienstadt Ghetto. The camp was founded in 1941 and had an average of about 1,000 prisoners at a time. In total, about 4,000 people passed through the camp. The prisoners worked mostly in melioration of the surrounding meadows. Around 170 people died as a result of harsh working conditions, and another about 70 were executed by the Nazis. The camp was disbanded in 1943 and its prisoners taken to the nearby Sobibor extermination camp, where they were murdered.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich 1939-1945. Informator encyclopedyczny, ed. C. Pilichowski et al., Warsaw 1979, p. 353.