Kamion
Village
Warta River in Kamion
Warta River in Kamion
Kamion is located in Poland
Kamion
Kamion
Coordinates: 51°9′12″N 18°44′38″E / 51.15333°N 18.74389°E / 51.15333; 18.74389
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyWieluń
GminaWierzchlas
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEWI

Kamion [ˈkamjɔn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchlas, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Wierzchlas, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Wieluń, and 87 km (54 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Łódź, and then young Poles were deported to forced labour in Germany and German-occupied France, and others were deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[2] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 253. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  3. ↑ Wardzyńska, p. 255



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