Cierpice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Cierpice [t͡ɕɛrˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Nieszawka, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Wielka Nieszawka and 10 km (6 mi) south-west of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.

For other places with the same name, see Cierpice.
Cierpice
Village
Entrance to the village
Entrance to the village
Cierpice is located in Poland
Cierpice
Cierpice
Cierpice is located in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Cierpice
Cierpice
Coordinates: 52°59′5″N 18°29′31″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyToruń County
GminaWielka Nieszawka
Population
1,100
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCTR
National roads
Voivodeship roads

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Cierpice was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] In November 1940, the German Schutzpolizei carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in nearby Toruń, and then either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or sent to forced labour, while their houses and farms 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. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 40.
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.



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