Łukowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the Tuchola Forest in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During World War I, the Germans operated a prisoner-of-war camp in the village. It held mostly Russian POWs, including many ethnic Poles conscripted to the Russian Army, but also English, Romanian, Serbian, Italian, Portuguese, French and Belgian POWs. Some 50,000 POWs passed through the camp.

Łukowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

During World War II, the local forest was the site of a massacre of 28 Poles from nearby Czersk and Mokre, committed by the Germans on November 4, 1939 (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). There is a memorial at the site.

Łukowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

References

Villages in Chojnice County

Massacres of Poles

Nazi war crimes in Poland

Łukowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship