Miłoszyce | |
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Village | |
![]() Saint Nicholas church in Miłoszyce | |
Coordinates: 51°3′N 17°19′E / 51.050°N 17.317°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Oława |
Gmina | Jelcz-Laskowice |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Miłoszyce [miwɔˈʂɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jelcz-Laskowice, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. [1]
It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Jelcz-Laskowice, 13 km (8 mi) north of Oława, and 22 km (14 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.
Miłoszyce dates back to the Middle Ages. The oldest known mention comes from a document of Pope Innocent IV from 1245.
During World War II the Germans established and operated the largest subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village. [2] Over 6,000 men, mostly Poles, but also Jews, the French, Belgians, the Dutch, Czechs, Russians, Croats, were imprisoned there as forced laborers. [2] Prisoners were given very low food rations and one set of clothes for the entire period of imprisonment. [3] Prisoners washed in group baths with cold water once every two weeks, also in freezing conditions, which led to the deaths of many of them. [3] There were terrible sanitary conditions in the camp. [3] In total, around 2,000 people died there. [2] In January 1945 the Germans evacuated most prisoners to Gross-Rosen in a "death march", in which around 1,000 prisoners died, also as a result of executions and cold. [2] [3] Around 300 ill prisoners were left in the camp hospital, where they liberated by the Soviets on 23 January 1945. [2]