Stępina
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"Hitler's Bunker" built in 1940-1941
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 Stępina
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| Coordinates: 49°53′N 21°34′E / 49.883°N 21.567°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Strzyżów |
| Gmina | Frysztak |
| Population (approx.) | 920 |
Stępina pronounced [stɛmˈpʲina] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Frysztak, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Frysztak, 16 km (10 mi) west of Strzyżów, and 36 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The village has an approximate population of 920.
Stępina is the location of one of Hitler's bunkers called Anlage Süd, built in 1940-1941 with slave-labor from the Szebnie concentration camp nearby. Over the course of the camp's operation some 10,000 people perished, including Soviet prisoners of war, Polish Jews, non-Jewish Poles, as well as Ukrainians and Romani people.
The remains of the camp in Szebnie were entered by the Soviets on 8 September 1944 during counter-offensive of the Red Army.
Coordinates: 49°53′N 21°34′E / 49.883°N 21.567°E
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