Kamińsk, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

54°19′10″N 20°26′59″E / 54.31944°N 20.44972°E / 54.31944; 20.44972Country

PolandVoivodeshipWarmian-MasurianCountyBartoszyceGminaGórowo IławeckiePopulation

1,000Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationNBA

Kamińsk [ˈkamiɲsk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Górowo Iławeckie, 25 km (16 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 60 km (37 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

During World War II, it was the location of the southern section of the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag I-A, which initially held Polish POWs, and later also other Allied POWs.^[2] In 1950 Kamińsk prison was established in its place.^[3] Segments of it were burned down during a prison strike in 1981, which was part of a greater wave of unrest in Poland.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
^ ^a ^b "Opis jednostki - Zakład karny w Kamińsku". Służba więzienna.
^ Kozłowski, Tomasz (2014). "Więzienne bunty w PRL". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-04.