Published : 2019-12-30

Being a Pole in the Western Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic in 1939. The fate of selected residents of the Sępoleńsk poviat

Izabela Mazanowska



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The article describes Polish-German relations in Sępólno country before the onset the Second World War. In mid-September 1939 in Karolewo and Radzim near Więcbork Germans founded a death camps. They intended to gather and kill Poles and Jews, who were considerated enemies of the Third Reich. Administrations and guards were members of the Selbstschutz Westpreussen – the Self-defence of Polish Citizens of German Origin. In Karolewo were murdered at least 1781 people and in Radzim 113. At the and the author presented four biographies of victims: two teachers and two farmers.

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The Pomeranian Crime, Selbstschutz Westpreussen, Polish-German relations, death camps, Karolewo, Radzim



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Mazanowska, I. (2019). Being a Pole in the Western Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic in 1939. The fate of selected residents of the Sępoleńsk poviat. Fides, Ratio Et Patria. Studia Toruńskie, (10/11), 22–37. https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.1442

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