Gruszeczka
| Gruszeczka | |
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| Village | |
 Gruszeczka
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| Coordinates: 51°28′22″N 17°09′48″E / 51.47278°N 17.16333°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Milicz |
| Gmina | Milicz |
Gruszeczka [ɡruˈʂɛt͡ʂka] (German: Birnbäumel) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milicz, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.
It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Milicz, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the regional capital Wrocław.
Gruszeczka was the location of Birnbäumel Concentration Camp with around 1,000 women prisoners working for Nazi German company Unternehmen Barthold. Birnbäumel was a subcamp of Gross-Rosen concentration camp complex, with the majority of inmates, both Christian and Jewish, deported from across occupied Poland.
Coordinates: 51°28′22″N 17°09′48″E / 51.47278°N 17.16333°E
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