Pławce [ˈpwaft͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Środa Wielkopolska, within Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Środa Wielkopolska and 27 km (17 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

Pławce
Village
Saint Stanislaus Kostka church in Pławce
Saint Stanislaus Kostka church in Pławce
Pławce is located in Poland
Pławce
Pławce
Coordinates: 52°18′N 17°16′E / 52.300°N 17.267°E / 52.300; 17.267
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyŚroda Wielkopolska
GminaŚroda Wielkopolska
Population
400
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPSR
Highways

History

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During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[2] Expelled Poles were either enslaved as forced labour of new German colonists in the county or placed in a transit camp in Łódź and afterwards deported in freight trains to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 197. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.