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Monument to the Victims of the Death March in Leszczyny (Czerwionka-Leszczyny)

rejon stacji kolejowej Leszczyny-Rzędówka, Czerwionka-Leszczyny, powiat rybnicki, woj. śląskie

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Monument to the Victims of the Death March in Leszczyny

Near the Leszczyny-Rzędówka railway station there is a monument commemorating 288 prisoners - participants of the Death March, murdered by the Germans in January 1945 during the evacuation of prisoners from the Auschwitz camp. The victims were buried in a mass grave near the tracks; in 1958 their remains were exhumed and moved to the cemetery in Gliwice. The monument was unveiled in 1966.

Practical information

Scope

  • Monument commemorating the victims of the Death March (1945)

Getting there

Czerwionka-Leszczyny, area of the Leszczyny-Rzędówka railway station, Rybnik County.

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Source: https://www.czerwionka-leszczyny.pl/miasto-turystyka-sport/miejsca-pamieci-narodowej; https://iknurow.pl/czerwionka-leszczyny-pamiec-o-marszu-smierci-i-tragedii-gornoslaskiej/