Cierpice | |
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Village | |
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  Cierpice | |
| Coordinates: 52°59′5″N 18°29′31″E / 52.98472°N 18.49194°E | |
| Country | 
Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Toruń |
| Gmina | Wielka Nieszawka |
| Population | 1,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CTR |
| National roads |
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| Voivodeship roads |
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Cierpice [t͡ɕɛrˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Nieszawka, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Wielka Nieszawka and 10 km (6 mi) south-west of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.
History
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), Cierpice was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2] In November 1940, the German Schutzpolizei carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in nearby Toruń, and then either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or sent to forced labour, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 40.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
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