Poland
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Kielce City
gmina Nowiny
Szewce Partisan Memorial
Poland
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Kielce City
gmina Nowiny
Szewce Partisan Memorial
Szewce Partisan Memorial
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A monument commemorating partisans who died in the fight against Nazi Germany located by the blue route."" The battle in Szewce was fought by the units of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Home Army Legions with the Germans. In August 1944, they acted as part of the Operation "Storm" and tried to help the Warsaw Uprising.The events on the railway embankment near Rykoszyn became the prelude to the shoemaker's battle. Walking in the night of September 16-17, 1944. in the front guard of the Division, the battalion of Antoni Heda "Gray" defeated German soldiers guarding the tracks of the Kielce - Częstochowa railway line. The division could continue its march. "
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•September 29, 2022
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