Potulice

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Potulice
Village
Annunciation of St. Mary Church in Potulice
Potulice
Coordinates:53°7′N17°41′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Nakło
Gmina	Nakło nad Notecią
Population	2,100
Time zone	UTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2(CEST)
Vehicle registration	CNA

Potulice[pɔtuˈlit͡sɛ]is a village in the administrative district ofGmina Nakło nad Notecią,withinNakło County,Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship,in north-central Poland.It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east ofNakło nad Noteciąand 22 km (14 mi) west ofBydgoszcz.It is best known as the site of theWorld War IINazi GermanPotulice concentration camp.

History

Cemetery of the victims of Nazi Germany

It was part of theKingdom of Polanduntil it was annexed byPrussiain theSecond Partition of Polandin 1793. In 1807 it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived PolishDuchy of Warsaw,and after its dissolution in 1815, it was reannexed by Prussia. From 1871 it also formed part of Germany, until it was reintegrated withPoland,after it regained independence followingWorld War Iin 1918.

Following the joint German-Sovietinvasion of Poland,which startedWorld War IIin September 1939, the village was invaded and thenoccupied by Germany.Germany established and operated a transit camp for Polesexpelledfrom the region, which was soon converted into thePotulice concentration camp.In 1945, the village was liberated and restored to Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which then stayed in power until theFall of Communismin the 1980s. The communists operated theCentral Labour Camp Potulice.

See also

• Potulice concentration camp
• Central Labour Camp Potulice