Bucze, Świebodzin County
{{Other places|Bucze (disambiguation){{!}}Bucze}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bucze
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Bucze 2 aerial 2024.jpg
| image_caption =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Lubusz
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Świebodzin
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Lubrza
| coordinates = {{coord|52|17|22|N|15|22|8|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 280
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = FSW
}}
Bucze {{IPAc-pl|'|b|u|cz|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubrza, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Lubrza, {{convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Świebodzin, {{convert|40|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Zielona Góra, and {{convert|50|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Gorzów Wielkopolski.
History
During World War II, Nazi Germany operated a forced labour camp for Jewish men in the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100001331|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Wutschdorf|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=20 February 2025|language=de}} During the final stages of the war, on 18 March 1945, German anti-aircraft artillery shot down an American bomber, killing four men, Richard C. Berryman, Norman B. Dahlin, Leslie C. Chavet, Michael J. Jr. Riley.{{cite book|author= |title=Lubuskie po drodze. Świat militariów i fortyfikacji|language=pl|location=Zielona Góra|page=54|isbn=978-83-8009-168-9}} There is a memorial at the site.
References
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{{Gmina Lubrza, Lubusz Voivodeship}}
Category:Villages in Świebodzin County
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