Kurzebiela [kuʐɛˈbjɛla] (German: Forsthaus Lonke) is a settlement, part of the village of Łąkie,[1] in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelno, within Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Strzelno, 15 km (9 mi) east of Mogilno, 57 km (35 mi) south-west of Toruń, and 57 km (35 mi) south of Bydgoszcz.
Kurzebiela | |
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Coordinates: 52°36′41″N 18°8′54″E | |
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Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Mogilno |
Gmina | Strzelno |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CMG |
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Gestapo carried out massacres of around 200 Poles in the Kurzebiela forest in 1940.[3] In 1944, the Germans burned the bodies of the victims in attempt to cover up the crime (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
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Pre-war Polish Volhynia (Wołyń Voivodeship, present-day Ukraine) |
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Pre-war Polish Eastern Galicia (Stanisławów Voivodeship, Tarnopol Voivodeship and the bulk of Lwów Voivodeship, present-day Ukraine) |
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Polish self-defence centres in Volhynia |
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Remainder of present-day Ukraine |
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Pre-war Polish Nowogródek and Wilno Voivodeships (present-day Belarus) |
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Remainder of present-day Belarus |
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Pre-war Polish Wilno Region (Wilno Voivodeship, present-day Lithuania) |
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