Gogolewko ()Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębnica Kaszubska, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Etymology Gogolewko is a diminutive form of the name of the nearby village of Gogolewo, itself of Slavic origin, and named either after the word gogo, a species of wild goose, or after the male name Gogoł or Gogoła.
History It was established as a linear settlement.
During World War II, on 10 February 1945, the SS marched some 400 women and children from a forced labour camp in nearby Słupsk to a newly established camp near Gogolewko. The Germans regularly used violence against the prisoners, and even hanged a Russian female forced laborer employed in the kitchen for helping the mothers and children. Five-six children died in the camp each day. The camp was liberated in April 1945.
Nature The Gogolewko nature reserve is located in Gogolewko.
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