Drzewice

Drzewice
Drzewice
Neighbourhood of Kostrzyn nad Odrą
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Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Gorzów
Town	Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Within town limits	1952
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	FGW

Drzewice is the north-western borough (osiedle) of the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland.

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During World War II, the Stalag III-C German prisoner-of-war camp for Polish, French, British, Serbian, Belgian, Italian, American and Soviet prisoners of war was located there.^[1] In 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet army, however, Soviet troops killed some American POWs mistaking them for enemy troops.^[1]

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Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 408–409. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.

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Drzewice
Neighbourhood of Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Drzewice Show map of Poland Drzewice Show map of Lubusz Voivodeship
Coordinates: 52°36′45″N 14°37′21″E / 52.61252; 14.62238][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>52°36′45″N 14°37′21″E / 52.61252°N 14.62238°E / 52.61252; 14.62238"}">
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Gorzów
Town	Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Within town limits	1952
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	FGW