Jasień, Lubusz Voivodeship


Jasień is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żary County. It has 4,309 inhabitants.

History

During World War II Jasień was the location of the Nazi German slave labour camp KL Gassen, one of nearly one hundred subcamps of Gross-Rosen concentration camp for Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Czechs, and even Frenchmen, making warplane parts for Focke-Wulf AG. The camp, with around 700 acutely malnourished prisoners, operated from August 1944 until 13 February 1945, when the remaining workforce was sent on a death march to KL Buchenwald ahead of the Soviet advance.

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Jasień.