Kamińsk, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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Kamińsk [ˈkamiɲsk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]
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Kamińsk | |
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Village | |
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  Kamińsk Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 54°19′10″N 20°26′59″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Bartoszyce |
| Gmina | Górowo Iławeckie |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NBA |
During World War II, it was the location of the southern section of the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag I-A. The camp was established on 6 September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II.[2] It initially held Polish POWs, and then also French and Belgian POWs from 1940, Soviet POWs from 1941, Italian POWs from 1943, plus also smaller numbers of British and Serbian POWs.[2] In 1950 Kamińsk prison was established in its place.[3] Segments of it were burned down during a prison strike in 1981, which was part of a greater wave of unrest in Poland.[3][4]
