Nawcz
Village in Kashubia
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Nawcz [naft͡ʂ] (Kashubian: Nôwcz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łęczyce, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]
Country
Poland
PolandPopulation252
Nawcz
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Church in Nawcz | |
  Nawcz | |
| Coordinates: 54°30′19″N 17°56′32″E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Wejherowo |
| Gmina | Łęczyce |
| Population | 252 |
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Forced-labour camp
During the occupation of Poland by the Third Reich in World War II, the village was the location of the forced-labour camp Nawitz, set up as one of 40 subcamps of the notorious Nazi German Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk.[2][3][4]
