Prusice
Village
Prusice is located in Poland
Prusice
Prusice
Coordinates: 51°6′N 15°59′E / 51.100°N 15.983°E / 51.100; 15.983
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyZłotoryja
GminaGmina Złotoryja
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDZL

Prusice [pruˈɕit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złotoryja, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Złotoryja and 74 km (46 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

In the final stages of World War II, on 1 February 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village, and the Germans locked the POWs in a barn for the night.[2]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). Opole. 38: 66. ISSN 0137-5199.


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