Wichrów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Wichrów. Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Wichrów
Village
Wichrów
Coordinates: 51°02′03″N 16°34′25″E / 51.03417°N 16.57361°E / 51.03417; 16.57361
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Środa Śląska
Gmina	Kostomłoty
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Wichrów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostomłoty, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

In January 1945, in the village, the Germans carried out a mass executions of prisoners during the "death march" from the subcamp in Miłoszyce to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. A mass grave of 120 victims was discovered later.

References

"Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Magda Wieteska. "Marsz Śmierci". OtoWroclawPowiat.pl. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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