by the Germans at the turn of September and October 1939. Mass executions of Poles in Sępólno were carried out in various places, for example on the railway tracks connecting Sępólno and Kamień Krajeński (in October 1939), at the primary school and at the shooting range (in November 1939), local Poles were also murdered in Radzim, Karolewo, Rudzki Most. Local Jews were also murdered in Radzim. In early 1945, the town was captured by the Soviets, who plundered the town, sexual abused residents, deported Germans to Siberia, and fought the Polish underground resistance movement. Afterwards the town was restored to Poland. Landmarks of Sępólno Krajeńskie include a Protestant church in the market built in 1857. Number of inhabitants by year Points of interest Notable residents Moritz Brasch (1843-1895), philosopher (born 1967), Polish international footballer Aaron ben Eliezer Lipman (mid-seventeenth century), rabbi References External links Official town website Literature F. W. F. Schmitt: Topographie des Flatower Kreises. In: Preußische Provinzialblätter, Andere Folge, Vol. VI, Königsberg 1854, pp. 257–289 (Online) and pp. 432–461 (Online), Vol. VII, Königsberg 1855, pp. 42–46 (Online) and pp. 105–118 (Online) (in German) Goerke, Otto: Der Kreis Flatow. In geographischer, naturkundlicher und geschichtlicher Beziehung dargestellt. [1. Auflage: 1918] 2. Auflage, Gifhorn 1981, mit einem Nachtrag über die Zeit von 1918 bis 1945 von Manfred Vollack (902 Seiten, 113 Abbildungen und sieben Karten) (in German) Mathias Niendorf: Minderheiten an der Grenze - Deutsche und Polen in den Kreisen Flatow (Złotów) und Zempelburg (Sępólno Krajeński) 1900–1939 (PhD thesis, University of Kiel 1996). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1997, (restricted preview, in German) Günter Bleck: Die deutsche Bevölkerung in den Herrschaften Zempelburg und Vandsburg 1750–1812. J. G. Herder-Bibliothek Siegerland, 1991 (in German). Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Sępólno County Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)