Dobrucowa

Dobrucowa

Dobrucowa

Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland

Dobrucowa [dɔbruˈt͡sɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnowiec, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) east of Jasło and 44 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

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World War II

Some two thousand Polish Jews were murdered in mass executions at the Dobrucowa Forest in the fall and winter of 1943,[2] on the orders of SS-Hauptsturmführer Amon Göth from Płaszów.[3] They were transported there from the Szebnie concentration camp during camp's murderous liquidation.

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Jacek Bracik, Józef Twaróg (2003). "Obóz w Szebniach (Camp in Szebnie)" (in Polish). Region Jasielski, nr 3 (39). Archived from the original (Internet Archive) on February 1, 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    United Nations War Crimes Commission (1 September 1997). Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals. Wm. S. Hein Publishing. pp. 1–10 (Case no. 37). ISBN 9781575884035. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
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