Miłoszyce [miwɔˈʂɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jelcz-Laskowice, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Miłoszyce | |
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Village | |
_ID_596499.jpg) Saint Nicholas church in Miłoszyce | |
  Miłoszyce | |
| Coordinates: 51°3′N 17°19′E / 51.050°N 17.317°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Oława |
| Gmina | Jelcz-Laskowice |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Jelcz-Laskowice, 13 km (8 mi) north of Oława, and 22 km (14 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.
History
editMiłoszyce dates back to the Middle Ages. The oldest known mention comes from a document of Pope Innocent IV from 1245.
During World War II the Germans established and operated the largest subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village.[2] Over 6,000 men, mostly Poles, but also Jews, the French, Belgians, the Dutch, Czechs, Russians, Croats, were imprisoned there as forced laborers.[2] Prisoners were given very low food rations and one set of clothes for the entire period of imprisonment.[3] Prisoners washed in group baths with cold water once every two weeks, also in freezing conditions, which led to the deaths of many of them.[3] There were terrible sanitary conditions in the camp.[3] In total, around 2,000 people died there.[2] In January 1945 the Germans evacuated most prisoners to Gross-Rosen in a "death march", in which around 1,000 prisoners died, also as a result of executions and cold.[2][3] Around 300 ill prisoners were left in the camp hospital, where they liberated by the Soviets on 23 January 1945.[2]
Gallery
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Place of the former Nazi German concentration camp with barracks for prisoners built in 1944 in the background on the left -
Memorial on the grave of victims of the local subcamp of Gross-Rosen -
Wayside shrine commemorating the Lwów Oath of 1656 -
Cemetery chapel
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c d e "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d Magda Wieteska. "Marsz Śmierci". OtoWroclawPowiat.pl. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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