Czarne

Poland / Zachodnio-Pomorskie / Szczecinek /
Czarne is a town in powiat Człuchów of Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. It was previously called Hammerstein during the period of 1772-1920. when it was in West Prussia. In the late 1800s the Prussian army built a large training ground (Übungsplatz) there. In World War I the German army used it for a large Prisoner-of-war camp for Russian prisoners. In World War II it was the site of the notorious Stalag II-B in which tens of thousands, mainly Soviet prisoners, died from disease, mistreatment and malnutrition.Population: 6,053 (2000).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarne
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Coordinates:   53°40'17"N   16°55'24"E
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