Gmina Jasień Climate Cfb Population 4,526 (2006) Local time Friday 3:09 AM | County Żary Postal code 68-320 Area 3.05 km² | |
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Weather 5°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Jasień [ˈjaɕeɲ] (German: Gassen) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żary County. It has 4,569 inhabitants (2004).
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Map of Jasie%C5%84, Poland
History
During World War II Jasień was the location of the Nazi German slave labour camp KL Gassen, one of nearly one hundred subcamps of Gross-Rosen concentration camp for Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Czechs, and even Frenchmen, making warplane parts for Focke-Wulf AG. The camp, with around 700 acutely malnourished prisoners, operated from August 1944 until 13 February 1945, when the remaining workforce was sent on a death march to KL Buchenwald ahead of the Soviet advance.
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Jasień, Lubusz Voivodeship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA