Podgaje, Greater Poland Voivodeship


Podgaje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Okonek, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Okonek, north-west of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań.
Before 1648 the area was part of Duchy of Pomerania, 1648-1945 Prussia and Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village was a scene of Massacre in Podgaje in January 1945, when Waffen SS soldiers murdered dozens of Polish Army prisoners-of-war.