Rzuchów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Rzuchów [ˈʐuxuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbie, within Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Dąbie, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Koło, and 127 km (79 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

Rzuchów
Village
Wayside shrine in Rzuchów
Rzuchów
Rzuchów
Coordinates: 52°7′N 18°43′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyKoło
GminaDąbie
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Rzuchów was the site of German massacres of Poles, who were previously imprisoned in the nearby town of Koło (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] On November 11, 1939, the German police murdered 80 people there.[2]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 210 (in Polish)



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