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Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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Sztutowo (German: Stutthof) is a small (about 3,000 inhabitants) village outside Gdansk in Poland. Once it was famous only as the birthplace of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, but unfortunately that was to change. Today it is known as the site of the Nazi Stutthof concentration camp, the first concentration camp to be built outside Germany.
Sztutowo is 52 kilometers east from Gdansk and the trip takes about an hour in jam-free traffic. The village is located 25 kilometers northwest of Elbląg and the drive by car should take approximately 40 minutes.
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