Ruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Ruszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Ruszów is within the historic Upper Lusatia, homeland of Lusatian Sorbs. It lies approximately 13 km north of Węgliniec, 31 km north-east of Zgorzelec, and 133 km west of the regional capital Wrocław. During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jews. In the final stages of World War II, a temporary hospital of the Second Polish Army was located in the village.

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