Polish journalists told the creepy story of one of the abandoned cities.
There is an abandoned ghost town in Poland, which used to be a Nazi base, and later the USSR. The town of Kłomino is located in the Szczecin County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The Polish publication onet.pl writes about this.
Polish journalists note that it is very difficult to get to Kłomino: to get there, you need to turn off the paved road onto a forest road. This is probably because it has been a military settlement since the Nazi occupation of Poland.
This town had three names at different periods of its existence: Kłomino, Grodek, Westfalenhof. There used to be a Nazi base here, then a Soviet one. After 1993, only 12 people lived here, and now it is empty.
Stanislav said that he bought one of the houses: “These are the so-called “Leningradkas”. They were built by the Russians. Believe me, when they left here, these houses were almost new. Only one layer of paint on the walls. Most of them collapsed.”
The man says that he wants to make this city a tourist destination. According to the man, he worked here back when it was a Soviet military base. During the Soviet era, the territory of Klomino was carefully guarded and was outside Polish jurisdiction. According to official data, 300 Soviet soldiers and officers with their families were stationed here.
The man recalls that when he worked here on a construction site, thefts were rampant, both among workers from Poland and among soldiers from the USSR.
“They stole from the kitchens and hid it in hiding places, and the Polish workers stole from hiding places,” he recalls.
Stanislav said that one of the former Russian soldiers came here every year, even without a Polish visa, he was on holiday in the city. Therefore, the Pole assumed that probably “the Russian had some kind of mission here.”
There is also a part of the Soviet pedestal here. Although the city is often visited by “treasure hunters”, artifacts can still be found. For example, Stanislav found old scissors, a wrench, and pliers. There is also a German plaque, but the inscription on it is no longer legible.
“When the Russian army left here, a lot of money was poured in. Lighting was installed, communications were pulled up. But the area was never populated, unlike Borny Sulinov. Klomino became a favorite place for shooting and reenactment enthusiasts. There was nothing to steal, but the area was ideal for such “games”. It was destroyed,” the man says.
This town also has a very creepy history. Since 1939, there was a prisoner of war camp here. In 1940, Klomino was turned into a prisoner of war camp for officers. Mostly French, later Polish. According to Antoni Pak, 26,000 Soviet prisoners of war were brought to Klomino in October 1941, and by February 12 only eight thousand remained, the rest died of hunger.
After the war, little changed in Klomino. The city became part of the Soviet army garrison, but from a report by a soldier of the Polish Army, it is known that during this period, prisoners of war were also held here. This time, German. In 1993, Russia withdrew its troops from the city and it remained empty.
There are at least 40 mass graves near this city. Historians estimate that the bodies of up to 30,000 prisoners of war may be buried in the forests near Klomin.
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