Służewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
village in powiat aleksandrowski, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Służewo [swuˈʐɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is located in Kuyavia.
History
Służewo was located on a trade route connecting Toruń and Warsaw.
Several Poles from Służewo were among the victims of a massacre committed by German troops in nearby Koneck during the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II in September 1939 (see also: Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). During the subsequent German occupation, in 1939–1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and farms were then handed over to Germans as part of the Lebensraum policy. Expelled Poles were either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or enslaved as forced labour of new German colonists in the area.
Before the war, the village had a Jewish population of about 250. After several years of persecution during the German occupation, including many sent to slave labor camps, the remaining Jews in the town were rounded up in April 1942, held in a local church for several days, then deported to the Chełmno extermination camp where they were gassed. There were only two Jewish survivors from Służewo.
Sights
Sights of Służewo include the Gothic-Renaissance St.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7667552. VIAF identifies the subject as 128030500. The Library of Congress control number is n2001022740. Authority coordinates are 52.850, 18.650. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1939, 1940 and 1942.
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