Nawcz [naft͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łęczyce, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Łęczyce, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Wejherowo, and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Nawcz | |
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Village | |
![]() Church in Nawcz | |
Coordinates: 54°30′19″N 17°56′32″E / 54.50528°N 17.94222°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Wejherowo |
Gmina | Łęczyce |
Population | 252 |
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Forced-labour camp
editDuring the occupation of Poland by the Third Reich in World War II, the village was the location of the forced-labour camp Nawitz, set up as one of 40 subcamps of the notorious Nazi German Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Stutthof, the first Nazi concentration camp outside Germany". Jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- ^ Tenhumberg, Nawitz (Nawcz) Außenlager des Konzentrationslagers Stutthof. 2008 Tenhumbergreinhard.de (Düsseldorf).
- ^ Zachor, Memorial to the Victims of the Stutthof Concentration Camp 2014 We Remember (with collection of photographs).
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