Wierzchowice, Milicz County
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
51°29′N 17°20′E / 51.483°N 17.333°E / 51.483; 17.333![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
Wierzchowice [vjɛʂxɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Krośnice, 7 km (4 mi) south-east of Milicz, and 45 km (28 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.
During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, whose prisoners were Jewish women transported from the Auschwitz concentration camp.[2]
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