Zbiczno

Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

53°20′4″N 19°22′32″E / 53.33444°N 19.37556°E / 53.33444; 19.37556Country

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Zbiczno [ˈzbit͡ʂnɔ] is a village in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zbiczno. It lies 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Brodnica and 61 km (38 mi) north-east of Toruń.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the occupiers forced local Poles to sign the Deutsche Volksliste. Those who refused were beaten to death by the Germans, and their bodies were laid in front of the German police station for several days to terrorize the population.^[2] Several local Poles, including school teachers, were among the victims of the massacre of Poles from the county committed by the occupiers in 1939 in nearby Brzezinki.^[3]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 113. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 175.