Świętoszów
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| Świętoszów | |
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  Świętoszów
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| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Bolesławiec |
| Gmina | Osiecznica |
| Population | 1,556 |
| Website: http://www.10bkpanc.sow.mil.pl/swietoszow/index.htm | |
Świętoszów [ɕfjɛnˈtɔʂuv] (German: Neuhammer) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osiecznica, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.
It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Osiecznica, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of Bolesławiec, and 121 kilometres (75 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław. The village has a population of 1,556.
In the late 19th century the German Army created a very large training ground here. In World War I it was the site of a large prisoner-of-war camp for Russian soldiers. In World War II another POW camp Stalag VIII-E was built here, to house Polish and French prisoners. In 1942 they were replaced with Soviet prisoners, and the camp was placed under the administration of Stalag VIII-C near Żagań. At least 50,000 Soviet prisoners died here from disease, starvation and inhumane treatment, the last 200 of them killed as traitors after the war by the NKVD. A Red Army base until about 1990, today it is the site of a Polish Army base.
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- This article includes information taken from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 24 November 2007.
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