Serock, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Serock
Village
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Serock is located in Poland
Serock
Serock
Coordinates: 53°21′24″N 18°4′57″E / 53.35667°N 18.08250°E / 53.35667; 18.08250
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyŚwiecie
GminaPruszcz
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 • Total
2,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCSW

Serock [ˈsɛrɔt͡sk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Pruszcz, 25 km (16 mi) west of Świecie, and 28 km (17 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

History

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Before the Holocaust, the village had a Jewish community.[2]

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, the village was a site of massacre of several dozens of Polish prisoners of war by the German troops (the Serock massacre [pl]).[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Tedesco, Richard (2011-08-11). "Seeman gives names back to Holocaust victims". The Island Now. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ Czarnik, Andrzej (1999). Ósmy Strzelców Konnych w marszu i boju: działania Ósmego Pułku Strzelcoẃ Konnych na Pomorzu Nadwiślańskim w dniach 1-3 września 1939 r (in Polish). Wydawn. Uczelniane, Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna w Słupsku. p. 113. ISBN 978-83-87006-03-7.
  4. ^ Böhler, Jochen (2009). Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu w Polsce: wrzesień 1939, wojna totalna (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Znak. pp. 185–186. ISBN 978-83-240-1225-1.
  5. ^ Sudoł, Tomasz (2011). "Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach polskich we wrześniu 1939 roku" [Wehrmacht crimes against Polish prisoners of war in September 1939] (PDF). Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej. 8–9: 129–130.