Mała Klonia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

See also: Mała Klonia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Mała Klonia
Village
Mała Klonia
Coordinates: 53°28′N 17°45′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Tuchola
Gmina	Gostycyn
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CTU

Mała Klonia [ˈmawa ˈklɔɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gostycyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Gostycyn, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Tuchola, and 43 km (27 mi) north-west of Bydgoszcz.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Mała Klonia was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] A local teacher was among the victims of large massacres of Poles from the region, perpetrated by the Selbstschutz in 1939 in nearby Rudzki Most.[3] In 1942–1943, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to the Potulice concentration camp, while their houses were handed over to new German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 43.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 170.
4. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 121, 135. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.