Buszkowo | |
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Village | |
 Holy Spirit church in Buszkowo | |
  Buszkowo | |
| Coordinates:53°20′43″N17°51′43″E / 53.34528°N 17.86194°E /53.34528; 17.86194 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Bydgoszcz |
| Gmina | Koronowo |
| Population | 400 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CBY |
| National roads |  |
Buszkowo[buʂˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district ofGmina Koronowo, withinBydgoszcz County,Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-centralPoland.[1] It is located in the historic region ofKuyavia.
During theGerman occupation (World War II), the forest near Buszkowo was the site of a large massacre ofPoles from Koronowo and nearby villages, committed by the Germans on October 5–6, 1939 as part of theIntelligenzaktion.[2] In 1941, the occupiers carried outexpulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over toGerman colonists as part of theLebensraum policy.[3] Expelled Poles were placed in a transit camp inToruń, and then deported either to theWarsaw District of theGeneral Government in German-occupied central Poland or toforced labour in Germany.[3]
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