Kamion, Łódź Voivodeship

Kamion [ˈkamjɔn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchlas, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Wierzchlas, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Wieluń, and 87 km (54 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

For other places with the same name, see Kamion.
Kamion
Village
Warta River in Kamion
Warta River in Kamion
Kamion is located in Poland
Kamion
Kamion
Coordinates: 51°9′12″N 18°44′38″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyWieluń
GminaWierzchlas
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEWI

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
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. 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.
  3. Wardzyńska, p. 255



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