Zawiść, Opole Voivodeship

Zawiść [ˈzaviɕt͡ɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pokój, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

[2] Under Nazi Germany, the village was renamed to Winterfeld in Oberschlesien in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.

In the final stages of World War II, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village on 19 January 1945.

[3] After the war, the village became again part of Poland, and its historic Polish name was restored.

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