Mieszkańcy Kreis Busko osadzeni w więzieniu w Kielcach w latach 1940-1944. Wybrane przykłady
Inhabitants of Kreis Busko imprisoned in prison in Kielce between 1940 and 1944. Selected examples

Summary/Abstract: The imprisonment residents of Kreis Busko in the prison at Zamkowa Street ispoorly described in Polish historiography. Between February 1940 and July 1944, atleast 699 residents of the above territory passed through the Kielce prison. They weresent to Kielce from prisons in Busko-Zdrój, mainly the district detention centre, aswell as from Chmielnik and from Pinczow. Those who were involved in undergroundactivities, provided aid to Jews or who committed offenses against German occupa-tion legislation were incarcerated at Zamkowa Street. The author of this article has stablished further details the fate of 148 residents of Kreis Busko imprisoned in Kiel-ce. Inhabitants of Kreis Busko were most often sent to German Nazi concentrationcamps. This was the fate of 83 people - 44 of them died. In addition, 29 inhabitants ofKreis Busko died in a prison in Kielce and one died in a prison in Pinczow. 29 peoplewere shot in executions. The largest number, 22, were killed in the Wełecki Forest nearBusko-Zdrój.

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