Gorzyczki, Silesian Voivodeship

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Gorzyczki is a village in Gmina Gorzyce, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 1,593 and lies near the border with the Czech Republic.

It was the location of the Polenlager 169, a Nazi concentration camp of Polenlager type, i.e., primarily for Poles. It held the deported Poles who didn't sign a volkslist. It was operated on the base of the "Fryderyk" coal mine facilities in 1942–1945 in Kolonia Fryderyk.[1]

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  1. ^ Nowiny Wodzisławskie
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Gmina Gorzyce
Seat: Gorzyce
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 Coat of arms of Gmina Gorzyce
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Coordinates: 49°56′53″N, 18°24′17″E

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