Klamry (german: Klammer) is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Chełmno, within
Chełmno County,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It lies approximately east of
Chełmno, north of
Toruń, and north-east of
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
. It is located in the
Chełmno Land in the historic region of
Pomerania.
History
During the
German occupation (
World War II), the local Rybieniec forest was the site of large massacres of around 2,000
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
from Chełmno and the county, carried out by the Germans from October 12 to November 11, 1939 as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''.
Among the victims were teachers, farmers and priests from various villages, and engineers, craftsmen, local officials and priests from Chełmno. In 1944, the Germans burned the bodies to cover up the crime.
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Sports
The local football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club is Tartak Klamry.
References
Villages in Chełmno County
Nazi war crimes in Poland
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