Brusy
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Brusy ' is a town located in the Polish
Pomeranian Voivodeship
. In the 19th century it was an important centre of the Kashub movement.
Brusy became a town in 1988.
In World War II
Brusy was the location of the Nazi
s' Brusy concentration camp – a sub-camp of the concentration camp at Stutthof
.
There is a Kashubian Secondary School in the town.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
. In the 19th century it was an important centre of the Kashub movement.
Brusy became a town in 1988.
In World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Brusy was the location of the Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
s' Brusy concentration camp – a sub-camp of the concentration camp at Stutthof
Stutthof concentration camp
Stutthof was the first Nazi concentration camp built outside of 1937 German borders.Completed on September 2, 1939, it was located in a secluded, wet, and wooded area west of the small town of Sztutowo . The town is located in the former territory of the Free City of Danzig, 34 km east of...
.
There is a Kashubian Secondary School in the town.