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Bronisław Kentzer
Bronisław Kentzer (1880 — 1939) was a Polish entrepreneur, an economic activist and Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919), Greater Poland uprising insurgent. Kentzer pioneered large scale commerce and trading in Bydgoszcz. Biography Bronisław Kentzer was born on 10 January 1880 in Prust, today's Pruszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. He was the son of Michał, a farmer, and Apolonia née Meliński. After graduating from middle schools in Pelplin and Chełmno, he turned his interest to trading business, starting to work in several large department stores of then Bromberg, such as the ''"Brandt" Department store'' at present day 2 Theatre Square, Bydgoszcz, Theatre Square, which opened in the early 1900s. He launched his own business in Bydgoszcz/Bromberg in 1906: a warehouse of ''colonial goods'' at "71 DanzigerStrasse" (137 Gdańsk Street, Bydgoszcz, Gdańska street). During World War I, he was drafted into the Imperial German Army, German Army and fought on the Easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pruszcz, Tuchola County
Pruszcz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gostycyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Gostycyn, south of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz. History Pruszcz was the site of a minor battle during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. On September 1, 1939, the German 3rd Panzer Division, part of General Heinz Guderian's XIX Army Corps, advanced through the village seeking to capture a railway bridge over the Brda River 3 km to the east. Around 09:15 the lead German units encountered elements of the Polish 9th Infantry Division's 34th Infantry Regiment. In the two hour battle that followed the Polish troops succeeded in destroying a Panzer IV The ''Panzerkampfwagen'' IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the ''Panzer'' IV, was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
