Drzewice
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Drzewice | |
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Neighbourhood of Kostrzyn nad Odrą | |
  Drzewice  Drzewice | |
| Coordinates: 52°36′45″N 14°37′21″E / 52.61252°N 14.62238°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lubusz |
| County | Gorzów |
| Town | Kostrzyn nad Odrą |
| Within town limits | 1952 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | FGW |
Drzewice is the north-western borough (osiedle) of the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland.
During World War II, the Stalag III-C German prisoner-of-war camp for Polish, French, British, Serbian, Belgian, Italian, American and Soviet prisoners of war was located there.[1] In 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet army, however, Soviet troops killed some American POWs mistaking them for enemy troops.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 408–409. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
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