Serock, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Serock [ˈsɛrɔt͡sk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Pruszcz, 25 km (16 mi) west of Świecie, and 28 km (17 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

For other places with the same name, see Serock.
Serock
Village
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Serock is located in Poland
Serock
Serock
Coordinates: 53°21′24″N 18°4′57″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyŚwiecie
GminaPruszcz
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 • Total2,000

History

Before The Holocaust, the village had a Jewish community.[2]

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, the village was a site of massacre of several dozens of Polish prisoners of war by the German troops (the Serock massacre).[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Tedesco, Richard (2011-08-11). "Seeman gives names back to Holocaust victims". The Island Now. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. Czarnik, Andrzej (1999). Ósmy Strzelców Konnych w marszu i boju: działania Ósmego Pułku Strzelcoẃ Konnych na Pomorzu Nadwiślańskim w dniach 1-3 września 1939 r (in Polish). Wydawn. Uczelniane, Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna w Słupsku. p. 113. ISBN 978-83-87006-03-7.
  4. Böhler, Jochen (2009). Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu w Polsce: wrzesień 1939, wojna totalna (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Znak. pp. 185–186. ISBN 978-83-240-1225-1.
  5. Sudoł, Tomasz (2011). "Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach polskich we wrześniu 1939 roku" [Wehrmacht crimes against Polish prisoners of war in September 1939] (PDF). Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej. 8–9: 129–130.


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