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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kamińsk<br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = MOs810 WG 23 2023 Prusy Dolne (Kamińsk, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship) 01.jpg<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmian-Masurian]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bartoszyce County|Bartoszyce]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Górowo Iławeckie|Górowo Iławeckie]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|54|19|10|N|20|26|59|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}<br />
| pushpin_map = Poland<br />
| pushpin_label_position = bottom<br />
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<br />
| utc_offset = +1<br />
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]<br />
| utc_offset_DST = +2<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 1000<br />
| registration_plate = NBA<br />
}}<br />
'''Kamińsk''' {{IPAc-pl|'|k|a|m|i|ń|s|k}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Górowo Iławeckie]], within [[Bartoszyce County]], [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland, close to the border with the [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] of [[Russia]].{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Górowo Iławeckie]], {{convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Bartoszyce]], and {{convert|60|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the regional capital [[Olsztyn]].<br />
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During [[World War II]], it was the location of the southern section of the [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|German prisoner-of-war camp]] [[Stalag I-A]]. The camp was established on 6 September 1939, during the German [[invasion of Poland]], which started [[World War II]].<ref name=ushm>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|pages=387–389|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref> It initially held Polish POWs, and then also [[French prisoners of war in World War II|French]] and Belgian POWs from 1940, [[German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war|Soviet POWs]] from 1941, [[Italian Military Internees|Italian POWs]] from 1943, plus also smaller numbers of British and Serbian POWs.<ref name=ushm/> In 1950 Kamińsk prison was established in its place.<ref name=":0" /> Segments of it were burned down during a prison strike in 1981, which was part of a greater wave of [[History of Poland (1945–1989)#Failing economy and labor unrest|unrest]] in Poland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Opis jednostki - Zakład karny w Kamińsku |url=https://sw.gov.pl/strona/opis-zaklad-karny-w-kaminsku |access-date= |website=Służba więzienna}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kozłowski |first=Tomasz |date=2014 |title=Więzienne bunty w PRL |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/historia/1570071,1,wiezienne-bunty-w-prl.read |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.polityka.pl |language=pl}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Villages in Bartoszyce County]]<br />
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