Miejsca pamięci ofiar II Wojny Światowej w gm. Łobżenica
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00:00 We are in the Łobżonka forest, on the way to Złotów, in the place where on November 11, 1939, the Poles, residents of the Łobżenica commune, committed the crime.
00:18 The crime was committed by the local Zelbrzut, whose commander was the Łobżonka dentist Sehaver, and the chief executive during the execution, Harry Schulz.
00:30 The Poles who died here were arrested on the first days, then imprisoned in the Łobżenica court, where they were subjected to beating, torture, and then brought to several places in the Łobżenica commune, where they were murdered.
00:50 These places are Górka Klasztorna, Piesna Forest, and this is where we are.
00:56 In general, it can be said that about 200 residents of this commune were murdered.
01:03 The places where the executions took place, can be said to have been chosen, so to speak, on purpose, because they are located in the forest forests, in the case of Piesna Forest and Łobżonka Forest,
01:19 where in a natural way, the ground and trees were suppressing the sound of shots, and besides, people did not look at these places, so there was no other choice.
01:38 In one of these places, in Piesna Forest, during the execution, two convicts managed to escape from the execution.
01:47 It happened in such a way that the execution was basically carried out at night, and in the light of the reflectors from the trucks, which the convicts were brought in, machine weapons were used.
02:01 Previously, these convicts were digging graves during the day, then they returned to prison again and at night they were taken to the execution site.
02:12 When the automatic weapon was fired, everyone fell.
02:18 The Germans came up, checked if they had already killed their convicts, and at that moment two of these convicts managed to escape from this place.
02:32 They survived the occupation, one of them hid throughout the entire period of occupation, the other, unfortunately, was captured in 1940, he went to a concentration camp,
02:43 but then they became the main witnesses of these crimes committed on the inhabitants of the Łobżenica commune.
02:51 - You need a fight? (dramatic music)