Walenczyzna | |
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Village | |
  Walenczyzna | |
| Coordinates: 51°11′7″N 18°24′17″E / 51.18528°N 18.40472°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Wieluń |
| Gmina | Skomlin |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EWI |
Walenczyzna [valɛnˈt͡ʂɨzna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skomlin, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Skomlin, 13 km (8 mi) west of Wieluń, and 100 km (62 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
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wardzyńska, p. 255