Drzewice

{{refimprove|date=September 2024}} {{for|the village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland|Drzewice, Greater Poland Voivodeship}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Drzewice | settlement_type = Neighbourhood of Kostrzyn nad Odrą | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag icon|Poland}} Poland | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Lubusz | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Gorzów | subdivision_type3 = Town | subdivision_name3 = Kostrzyn nad Odrą | established_title = Within town limits | established_date = 1952 | coordinates = {{coord|52.61252|14.62238|region:PL_type:city|format=dms|display=it}} | pushpin_map = Poland#Poland Lubusz Voivodeship | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = FGW }} '''Drzewice''' is the north-western borough (''osiedle'') of the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland.

During World War II, the Stalag III-C German prisoner-of-war camp for Polish, French, British, Serbian, Belgian, Italian, American and Soviet prisoners of war was located there.<ref name=ushm>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|pages=408–409|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref> In 1945, the camp was liberated by the Soviet army, however, Soviet troops killed some American POWs mistaking them for enemy troops.<ref name=ushm/>

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Category:Kostrzyn nad Odrą Category:Neighbourhoods in Poland Category:World War II sites in Poland