Zajączek, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
53°47′26″N 18°28′11″E / 53.79056°N 18.46972°E / 53.79056; 18.46972Country PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyStarogardGminaSkórczTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationGST

Zajączek [zaˈjɔnt͡ʂɛk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórcz, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Skórcz, 20 km (12 mi) south of Starogard Gdański, and 65 km (40 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the local forest was the site of a massacre of around 100 Poles from Skórcz and various nearby villages, perpetrated by the German gendarmerie and Selbstschutz in 1939, as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 153–154.
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