Morzewo | |
|---|---|
Village | |
.jpg) Church of the Transfiguration in Morzewo | |
  Morzewo | |
| Coordinates:53°5′0″N16°53′34″E / 53.08333°N 16.89278°E /53.08333; 16.89278 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Piła |
| Gmina | Kaczory |
| Population | |
• Total | 620 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PP |
Morzewo[mɔˈʐɛvɔ] is avillage in the administrative district ofGmina Kaczory, withinPiła County,Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]
Morzewo was a private village ofPolish nobility, administratively located in the Nakło County in theKalisz Voivodeship in theGreater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
According to the1921 census, the village had a population of 962, 99.2%Polish.[3]
During theGerman occupation of Poland (World War II), on November 7, 1939, the German police carried out a massacre of 41 Poles in the village as part of theIntelligenzaktion.[4] Among the victims were teachers, school principals, priests, policemen, local officials including mayor of the nearby town ofChodzież, merchants, craftsmen, farmers and former insurgents of theGreater Poland uprising from various nearby towns and villages.[4] In 1943, the Germans burned the bodies of the victims in attempt to cover up the crime.[4] In November 1940, several Polish families wereexpelled from Morzewo to theGeneral Government, and some were deported toforced labour to Germany, while their farms were handed over toGerman colonists in accordance to theLebensraum policy.[5]
The main sights of Morzewo are the historic church of the Transfiguration and the memorial at the site of the 1939 massacre.
