Brzezina
Brzezina is a locality in Gmina Bełżec, Tomaszów County, Lubelskie. Brzezina is situated nearby to the village Chlewiska, as well as near the hamlet Majdan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belzec extermination camp and Belzec Memorial Museum.
Belzec extermination camp
Memorial
Photo: Yarek shalom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was built by the SS for the purpose of implementing the secretive Operation Reinhard, the plan to murder all Polish Jews, a major part of the "Final Solution", the overall Nazi effort to complete the genocide of all European Jews. Belzec extermination camp is situated 3½ km northeast of Brzezina.
Belzec Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Lysy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bełżec Museum and Memorial Site, also known as Museum – Memorial Site in Bełżec is a memorial complex and martyrology museum located on the grounds of the former German Nazi Belzec extermination camp, commemorating approximately 450,000 Jews from Poland and other European countries who were killed there between 1942 and 1943. Belzec Memorial Museum is situated 3½ km northeast of Brzezina.
Bełżec Station
Railway station
Photo: Janusz J., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bełżec Station is a railway station, which is situated 3 km northeast of Brzezina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chlewiska and Smoliska.
Chlewiska
Village
Chlewiska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narol, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 6 km east of Narol, 28 km north-east of Lubaczów, and 105 km east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
Smoliska
Hamlet
Smoliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bełżec, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Smoliska is situated 3 km northeast of Brzezina.
Bieniaszówka
Hamlet
Bieniaszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narol, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 7 km east of Narol, 29 km north-east of Lubaczów, and 107 km east of the regional capital Rzeszów. Bieniaszówka is situated 3 km south of Brzezina.
Brzezina
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Brzeziny”
- Location: Gmina Bełżec, Tomaszów County, Lubelskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.35744° or 50° 21′ 27″ northLongitude
23.41784° or 23° 25′ 4″ eastElevation
311 metres (1,020 feet)Open location code
9G259C49+X4GeoNames ID
775170
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