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was set to make sure the refugees remained in place. These were removed after a week, whereupon the remaining people dispersed. The dead from both the train wreck and the Russian attack were buried in shallow graves in sites near the railway station in March 1945. Today, there are two plates in memory of the tragedy, both placed on the station building, one written in
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At dawn on 22 January a Soviet Army unit consisting of tanks and infantry arrived, and, possibly due to the presence of some German soldiers in uniform, opened fired on the many people and buildings at the station, killing 140 to 150. The few German soldiers were taken prisoners, and a guard troop
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The collision destroyed a number of rail cars on both the hospital and the refugee trains; this permanently blocked the way for the second refugee train. The hospital train, leaving its wrecked wagons behind, was able to proceed towards the west towards
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and escape. However, three to four thousand refugees were left waiting for a replacement train that never arrived.
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The railway station is located half a mile from the centre of the village of Zielonka Pasłęcka.
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Largest and Smallest railway stations in Poland (Polish)
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In 2017, the station served 10-19 passengers a day.
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Zielonka Pasłęcka
Gmina Pasłęk
Elbląg County
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Polish State Railways
Olsztyn Main - Bogaczewo
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Elbląg County
sołectwo
Zielonka Pasłęcka
World War II
Osterode
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Zielonka Pasłęcka in Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa

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