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War cemeteries and mass graves in the Silesian Voivodeship Miejsca pamięci
War cemeteries and mass graves in the Silesian Voivodeship
An overview of the types of war cemeteries in the Silesian Voivodeship: from the fighting of 1914 on the Jura, from September 1939, from the occupation and the death marches of 1945, as well as necropolises of Soviet soldiers and the German cemetery in Siemianowice Śląskie.
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Deportations of Upper Silesians to the USSR in 1945 Miejsca pamięci
Deportations of Upper Silesians to the USSR in 1945
In 1945 the Soviet authorities took tens of thousands of civilians from Upper Silesia to forced labour in the USSR. The article gives the differing estimates of historians and describes the Documentation Centre in Radzionków.
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The Deutsche Volksliste in Upper Silesia: the entry groups and their consequences Miejsca pamięci
The Deutsche Volksliste in Upper Silesia: the entry groups and their consequences
The Deutsche Volksliste, the German national list of the Second World War, covered most of the inhabitants of Upper Silesia. The text describes the four entry groups, the figures for the region and the consequences during the war and after 1945.
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The pre-burial house in Gliwice and the House of Remembrance of Upper Silesian Jews Miejsca pamięci
The pre-burial house in Gliwice and the House of Remembrance of Upper Silesian Jews
The pre-burial house of 1903 at the new Jewish cemetery in Gliwice is today a branch of the Gliwice Museum. The text describes the building, its history after 1945, the two Jewish cemeteries in Gliwice and the site of the New Synagogue.
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The ghettos in Będzin, Sosnowiec and Zawiercie and their liquidation in 1943 Miejsca pamięci
The ghettos in Będzin, Sosnowiec and Zawiercie and their liquidation in 1943
The ghettos in Będzin, Sosnowiec and Zawiercie were liquidated in August 1943, and most of their inhabitants were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. In Będzin and Sosnowiec young fighters offered armed resistance at that time. The article gives figures with the name of the source.
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The Częstochowa Ghetto and the HASAG Factories, 1941-1945 Miejsca pamięci
The Częstochowa Ghetto and the HASAG Factories, 1941-1945
The Częstochowa ghetto was established in April 1941, and the large ghetto was liquidated in September and October 1942. The survivors were sent to the HASAG factories, where they worked until January 1945. The article gives figures together with the name of the source.
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The Wujek Mine in December 1981: Strike, Pacification and Commemoration Miejsca pamięci
The Wujek Mine in December 1981: Strike, Pacification and Commemoration
The Wujek mine in Katowice is the site of the pacification of the strike of 16 December 1981, in which nine miners were killed. The text describes the course of the strike and the pacification, the court proceedings, and what the place is today.
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Death Marches of January 1945: Routes through Upper Silesia Miejsca pamięci
Death Marches of January 1945: Routes through Upper Silesia
In January 1945 the Germans marched about 56 thousand prisoners out of the Auschwitz camp and its subcamps. The text describes the routes of the marches through the present Silesian Voivodeship, the stations where prisoners were loaded into wagons, and the graves and memorials in the places along the route.
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The camp in Jaworzno: from the Neu-Dachs subcamp to the Central Labour Camp Miejsca pamięci
The camp in Jaworzno: from the Neu-Dachs subcamp to the Central Labour Camp
In 1943-1945 the German subcamp Neu-Dachs operated in Jaworzno, followed until 1956 by a labour camp and a prison for juveniles. The text describes both periods and states which source gives which figures.
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The Central Labour Camp in Świętochłowice-Zgoda in 1945 Miejsca pamięci
The Central Labour Camp in Świętochłowice-Zgoda in 1945
The Labour Camp in Świętochłowice-Zgoda operated in 1945 on the site of the former German subcamp Eintrachthütte. The text describes its establishment, the inmates, the epidemic and the closure, the differing estimates of the number of victims, and what the place is today.
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Auschwitz Subcamps in the Present-Day Silesian Voivodeship Miejsca pamięci
Auschwitz Subcamps in the Present-Day Silesian Voivodeship
The German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp had a network of subcamps at Upper Silesian mines, steelworks and armaments factories. This text lists those that lie within the present borders of the Silesian Voivodeship and describes what remains of them.
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The Radio Station in Gliwice and the Gleiwitz Incident of 31 August 1939 Miejsca pamięci
The Radio Station in Gliwice and the Gleiwitz Incident of 31 August 1939
On the evening of 31 August 1939, a German SD group staged a Polish attack at the Gliwice radio station, to serve as a pretext for war. Today the complex with its wooden tower is a branch of the Museum in Gliwice.
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