Ruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship


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 north of Węgliniec, north-east of Zgorzelec, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village has an approximate population of 2,000.
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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