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Zbęk

Coordinates: 51°9′50″N 18°25′17″E / 51.16389°N 18.42139°E / 51.16389; 18.42139
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Zbęk
Village
Zbęk is located in Poland
Zbęk
Zbęk
Coordinates: 51°9′50″N 18°25′17″E / 51.16389°N 18.42139°E / 51.16389; 18.42139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyWieluń
GminaSkomlin
Time zoneUTC 1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationEWI

Zbęk [zbɛŋk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skomlin, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Skomlin, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Wieluń, and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

History

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During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were either enslaved as forced labour in the region or deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[2] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 254. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, p. 255