Kamela, Poland

Kamela is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Somonino, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Somonino, 12 km (7 mi) south of Kartuzy, and 31 km (19 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

[2] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, some Poles from Kamela were among the victims of a massacre committed by the Germans in nearby Kaliska as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.

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