Rudzki Most#German occupation
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rudzki Most
| settlement_type = District of Tuchola
| image_skyline = Kamien Jagielly, Brda river, Poland.jpg
| image_caption = King Jagiełło's Stone is a natural landmark near Rudzki Most.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Tuchola
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Tuchola
| subdivision_type4 = Town
| subdivision_name4 = Tuchola
| established_title = Within town limits
| established_date = 1955
| coordinates = {{coord|53|34|8.93|N|17|53|33.11|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = CTU
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Rudzki Most {{IPAc-pl|'|r|u|c|k|i|-|'|m|o|s|t}} ({{Translation|Rudzki Bridge}}) is a district of Tuchola, Poland, located in the south-eastern part of the town, along the west bank of the Brda River.{{TERYT}} It is on the edge of the Tuchola Landscape Park, and was incorporated into the town limits and jurisdiction of Tuchola in 1955.
There is a launching point for canoeing on the Brda River, and in the river near the bridge is a notable large boulder called King Jagiełło's Stone, with a circumference about {{convert|7|m|ft}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.tuchola.pl/strona-39-the_district_of_tuchola.html |title= The District of Tuchola |website= City Hall in Tuchola |year= 2017 |accessdate= July 31, 2017}} The Roman Catholic Parish of Divine Providence is located in the district as well.
Etymology
The district takes its name from wooden bridge over the Brda, which was most recently replaced in 1958 by the current road bridge, part of route 240, and from the Ruda River, which flows through the nearby village of Rudzki Młyn.{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}}
History
According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 22, entirely Polish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession.{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|volume=XI|year=1926|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=62}}
=German occupation=
File:Rudzki Most massacre.jpg members conducted mass executions in October and November 1939 near Rudzki Most.]]
On October 24, 27 and 30, and on November 2, 6 and 10, 1939, at the beginning of the German occupation of Poland, Germans carried out mass shootings of local Poles, mainly of the intelligentsia as part of the larger Intelligenzaktion Pommern, in the surrounding forests.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2017/01/30/blogs/capturing-imaginative-strangeness-in-polish-river-towns/s/30-lens-brda-slide-ATTK.html |title= Capturing Imaginative 'Strangeness' in Polish River Towns |newspaper= The New York Times |first1= Tymon |last1= Markowski |first2= Andrew |last2= Boryga |date= January 30, 2017 |accessdate= July 31, 2017}} The priest Franciszek Nogalski attempted to negotiate the release of many those to be executed, but was ultimately killed himself.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|pages=169–170}} {{ISBN|978-83-7629-063-8}} In 1943 the German occupiers renamed the village Raudenbrück.{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}}
After the war, in November 1946, the bones of 227 victims were exhumed, 34 of which were unidentified, and reburied in Tuchola, where a mausoleum was later built. There is now a monument at the site of the mass graves of the murdered.{{cite web |url= https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/28720/Excution-Site-Rudzki-Most.htm |title= Excution [sic] Site Rudzki Most |website= Traces of War |year= 2017 |accessdate= July 31, 2017}}
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See also
References
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{{Gmina Tuchola}}
{{Massacres of Poles}}
Category:Neighbourhoods in Poland