During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were about 1,700-1,800 Jews, many of whom died.[2][3] Prisoners were mostly brought from other camps, including from Żagań, Zielona Góra, Görlitz, Frývaldov and Miłoszyce.[3] At least two prisoners made unsuccessful escape attempts, for which they were executed.[3] Around 1,000 prisoners were evacuated in February 1945 in a death march to camps in Görlitz, Zittau and the Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald concentration camps, while 300 severely ill prisoners were left in the camp, where they were liberated by Soviet troops.[2] There is one known case of a successful escape during the death march.[3]
During the 2024 Central European floods, in Trzebień, Polish firefighters rescued two American soldiers stationed in Poland who were swept away by the Bóbr River.[4]
^ abcdMegargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 753–754. ISBN978-0-253-35328-3.