Nawcz
Nawcz
Nôwcz | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Church in Nawcz | |
| Coordinates: 54°30′19″N 17°56′32″E / 54.50528°N 17.94222°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Wejherowo |
| Gmina | Łęczyce |
| Population | 252 |
Nawcz [naft͡ʂ] (Kashubian: Nôwcz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łęczyce, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]
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]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ "Stutthof, the first Nazi concentration camp outside Germany". Jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- ^ Tenhumberg, Nawitz (Nawcz) Außenlager des Konzentrationslagers Stutthof. 2008 Tenhumbergreinhard.de (Düsseldorf).
- ^ Zachor, Memorial to the Victims of the Stutthof Concentration Camp Deprecated link archived 2013-06-24 at archive.today 2014 We Remember (with collection of photographs).