Koneck Explained

Koneck
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Aleksandrów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Koneck
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:52.7833°N 61°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:CAL

Koneck is a village in Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Koneck. It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south of Aleksandrów Kujawski and 290NaN0 south of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland, which started World War II in 1939, German minority members in Poland on 10 September with help of the German army murdered 17 Poles and Jews (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). The victims were buried in mass graves.[1] The village was under German occupation from 1939 to 1945. In 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Datner, Szymon. 55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce. pl. 328.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2017. Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 225. 978-83-8098-174-4.