Trzebień, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Trzebień [ˈtʂɛbjɛɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolesławiec, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 14 km (9 mi) north of Bolesławiec, and 105 km (65 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Trzebień
Village
Entrance to Trzebień from Nowa Sól
Entrance to Trzebień from Nowa Sól
Trzebień is located in Poland
Trzebień
Trzebień
Coordinates: 51°23′15″N 15°35′52″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
County (powiat)Bolesławiec
GminaBolesławiec
Population
770
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were about 1,700-1,800 Jews, many of whom died.[2] Around 1,000 prisoners were evacuated in February 1945 to camps in Görlitz, Zittau and the Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald concentration camps, while 300 severely ill prisoners were left in the camp, where they were liberated by Soviet troops.[2]

Notable residents

Helmut Bruck (1913–2001), Luftwaffe officer

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