Barbarka, Toruń

District of Toruń, Poland
District of Toruń in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
53°3′N 18°33′E / 53.050°N 18.550°E / 53.050; 18.550Country PolandVoivodeshipKuyavian-PomeranianCounty/CityToruńTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationCT

Barbarka [barˈbarka] is a district of Toruń, Poland,[1] located in the north-western part of the city.

History

During the German occupation of Poland in time of World War II, Barbarka was the site of German massacres of over 1,100 Poles from Toruń, Chełmża, Skępe and other places in the region, including teachers, school principals, local officials, restaurateurs, shop owners, merchants, farmers, railwaymen, policemen, craftsmen, students, priests, workers, doctors, committed as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Six mass graves were discovered after the war, in five of which the bodies of the victims were burnt, as the Germans tried to cover up the crime.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 161–163.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, p. 162
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