Stępina | |
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 "Hitler's Bunker" built in 1940-1941 | |
  Stępina | |
| Coordinates:49°53′N21°34′E / 49.883°N 21.567°E /49.883; 21.567 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Strzyżów |
| Gmina | Frysztak |
| Population (approx.) | 920 |
Stępinapronounced[stɛmˈpʲina] is avillage in the administrative district ofGmina Frysztak, withinStrzyżów County,Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west ofFrysztak, 16 km (10 mi) west ofStrzyżów, and 36 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capitalRzeszów.
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Hitler'sAnlage Süd and his train bunker in Sępina
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Stępina is the location of one of Hitler's bunkers calledAnlage Süd, built in1940-1941 with slave-labor from theSzebnie concentration camp nearby.[2] Over the course of the camp's operation some 10,000 people perished, includingSoviet prisoners of war,Polish Jews, non-JewishPoles, as well as Ukrainians andRomani people.[3]
The remains of the camp inSzebnie were entered by the Soviets on 8 September 1944 during counter-offensive of the Red Army.[3]
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