Sławęcin, Łódź Voivodeship

Sławęcin [swaˈvɛnt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabów, within Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Grabów, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Łęczyca, and 47 km (29 mi) north-west of the regional capital Łódź.

Sławęcin
Village
Sławęcin is located in Poland
Sławęcin
Sławęcin
Coordinates: 52°8′N 19°5′E / 52.133°N 19.083°E / 52.133; 19.083
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountyŁęczyca
GminaGrabów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationELE

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then either deported to forced labour in Germany and German-occupied France or enslaved as forced labour to serve new German colonists in the area.[2]

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. 329. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.