Wichrów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wichrów [ˈvixruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostomłoty, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
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Coordinates: 51°02′03″N 16°34′25″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Środa Śląska |
Gmina | Kostomłoty |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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In January 1945, in the village, the Germans carried out a mass executions of prisoners during the "death march" from the subcamp in Miłoszyce to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp.[2] A mass grave of 120 victims was discovered later.[2]