Karolewo, Kętrzyn County
Karolewo [karɔˈlɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kętrzyn, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Kętrzyn and 68 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The village was the location of the Carlshof Institutions from 1882 to 1940 which served as the Wolfschanze hospital from 1941 to 1945.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Böhm, Boris; Markwardt, Hagen; Rottleb, Ulrich (2015). „Wird heute nach einer Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt in Sachsen überführt“ – Die Ermordung ostpreußischer Patienten in der nationalsozialistischen Tötungsanstalt Pirna-Sonnenstein im Jahre 1941 (in German). Leipziger Universitätsverlag. pp. 41 ff. ISBN 978-3-86583-976-3.