Zgoda was a labour camp ,
set up in February 1945 in Zgoda district of Świętochłowice, Silesia. It was controlled by the communist secret police until its closure in November of the same year.
Camp Zgoda, main gate - monument
A plea by a woman (written in Polish) asking for the release of her husband from Zgoda. He was a civilian from Upper Silesia forced to sign a DVL list and sent to Nazi Germany for slave labor (from the IPN archives)
Memorial plate
Świętochłowice is a city with powiat rights in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is also one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2 million, and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River.
Downtown
Pre-war Silesian Insurgent Monument, destroyed by the Germans during the occupation of Poland
Silesian Uprisings Museum
Town Hall