Karolewo, Sępólno County
Karolewo | |
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Village | |
Karolewo | |
| Coordinates: 53°21′N 17°36′E / 53.350°N 17.600°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Sępólno |
| Gmina | Więcbork |
Karolewo [karɔˈlɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Więcbork, within Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Więcbork, 13 km (8 mi) south-east of Sępólno Krajeńskie, and 38 km (24 mi) north-west of Bydgoszcz.
On 17 September 1939, one of the many camps in Pomerania (Internierungslager Karlshof) was established in Karolewo. It was intended for the extermination of the Polish and Jewish populations from the counties of Sępólno, Tuchola, Bydgoszcz, Wyrzysk, and Chojnice. The camp was dissolved in mid-December 1939. According to various sources, between 4,000 and 10,000 people were murdered there.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ "Śledztwa zakończone wydaniem postanowienia o umorzeniu. Śledztwo w sprawie masowych zabójstw obywateli polskich w okresie od 10.09.1939 r. do 12.12.1939 r. w Karolewie, pow. Sępolno Krajeńskie (S 8/11/Zn)" [Investigations Concluded with a Decision to Discontinue. Investigation into the Mass Murders of Polish Citizens from 10 September 1939 to 12 December 1939 in Karolewo, Sępólno County (S 8/11/Zn)]. ipn.gov.pl (in Polish). 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02.
- ^ Biegański, Zdzisław, ed. (2010). Dzieje Sępólna Krajeńskiego [History of Sępólno Krajeńskie] (in Polish). Sępólno Krajeńskie: Biblioteka Publiczna im. Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza w Sępólnie Krajeńskim. pp. 324–325, 330. ISBN 978-83-930772-4-3.