Kietrz
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Kietrz ([kʲɛtʂ]; Czech: Ketř; Silesian: Ketrz) is a town in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. As of 2019, it has a population of 6,005.
History
During World War II, in 1941, Nazi Germany established the Stalag 338 and Stalag 348 prisoner-of-war camps for Polish and French POWs, which, however, were soon relocated to Kryvyi Rih and Rzeszów, respectively.[2] From 1942 to 1945, the Germans operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the town.[3] In January 1945, a German-conducted death march of prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its subcamps passed through the town.[4]
Notable people
- Alfons Luczny (1894–1986), Luftwaffe general
- Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer, Nobel laureate
Twin towns – sister cities
See twin towns of Gmina Kietrz.
References
- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 334–335, 349. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
- ^ "Polenlager Katscher". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "The Death Marches". Sub Camps of Auschwitz. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
External links
- Jewish Community in Kietrz on Virtual Shtetl
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