Stępina
Stępina | |
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Village | |
![]() "Hitler's Bunker" built in 1940-1941 | |
Coordinates: 49°53′N 21°34′E / 49.883°N 21.567°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
County | Strzyżów |
Gmina | Frysztak |
Population (approx.) | 920 |
Stępina pronounced [stɛmˈpʲina] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Frysztak, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 km (4 mi) north-west of Frysztak, 16 km (10 mi) west of Strzyżów, and 36 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
World War II
[edit]Hitler's Anlage Süd and his train bunker in Sępina
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Stępina is the location of one of Hitler's bunkers called Anlage Süd, built in 1940-1941 with slave-labor from the Szebnie concentration camp nearby.[2] Over the course of the camp's operation some 10,000 people perished, including Soviet prisoners of war, Polish Jews, non-Jewish Poles, as well as Ukrainians and Romani people.[3]
The remains of the camp in Szebnie were entered by the Soviets on 8 September 1944 during counter-offensive of the Red Army.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Ronald Berger (12 July 2010). Surviving the Concentration Camps (Google Books). Taylor & Francis. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0203848517. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b Jacek Bracik, Józef Twaróg (2003). "Obóz w Szebniach (Camp in Szebnie)" (in Polish). Region Jasielski, nr 3 (39). Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2013.