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Michniów Massacre
The Michniów massacre is a massacre that occurred on 12–13 July 1943 in the village of Michniów during German occupation of Poland when approximately 204 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by German ''Ordnungspolizei'' and ''Schutzstaffel''. During World War II, the inhabitants of Michniów actively cooperated with the Polish resistance movement, in particular with the Świętokrzyskie Home Army units commanded by lieutenant Jan Piwnik, pseudonym "Ponury" ("Grim"), a cichociemny ("Silent Unseen" special-operations paratroopers of the Polish Army in exile in SOE). On July 12, 1943, a German military unit partially burned the village and murdered over 100 inhabitants. In retaliation that same night, Piwnik's partisans attacked the express train Kraków-Warsaw in the area of Podłazie, Skarżysko County, killing or injuring at least a dozen Germans. The next day, German Ordnungspolizei returned to Michniów, completely burning the village and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town with Wawel Royal Castle was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the first 12 sites granted the status. The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second-most-important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was reported by Ibrahim Ibn Yakoub, a merchant from Cordoba, as a busy trading centre of Central Europe in 985. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sochy, Lublin Voivodeship
Sochy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zwierzyniec located within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship. History During the Sochy massacre, Germans murdered about 200 people. It happened in June 1943 during the Germanisation of the region, which caused the Zamość Uprising. Polish writer Anna Janko is a daughter of one of survivors, she describes the tragedy in her book ''Mała Zagłada''. References Villages in Zamość County, Sochy {{Lublin-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumin, Tomaszów Lubelski County
Sumin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnawatka, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tarnawatka, north of Tomaszów Lubelski, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t .... References Villages in Tomaszów Lubelski County {{TomaszówLubelski-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitów
Kitów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sułów, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Sułów, west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin. History During the Nazi occupation of Poland Occupation commonly refers to: *Occupation (human activity), or job, one's role in society, often a regular activity performed for payment *Occupation (protest), political demonstration by holding public or symbolic spaces *Military occupation, th ..., on December 11, 1942, a minimum of 164 inhabitants of Kitów, including numerous women and children, were massacred by the German punitive expedition. References Villages in Zamość County {{Zamość-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józefów Duży
Józefów Duży () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serokomla, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Che ..., in eastern Poland. References Villages in Łuków County {{Łuków-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skłoby
Skłoby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chlewiska, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Chlewiska, west of Szydłowiec, and south of Warsaw. History Skłoby was a private village, administratively located in the Radom County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In the mid-15th century it was owned by the Chlewicki family. In 1827, it had a population of 253, and in the late 19th century, it had a population of 594. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until 1945. The Polish resistance movement was active in the area. On April 11, 1940, a clash between the Germans and the Polish resistance took place at Skłoby. After the clash, German gendarmerie and ''Selbstschutz ''Selbstschutz'' (German for "self-protection") is the name given to different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasowo-Częstki
Krasowo-Częstki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Piekuty, within Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. History Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. On 13 July 1943, a battle between the German gendarmerie and a unit of the Polish Home Army was fought near the village. On 17 July 1943, Nazi Germans pacified the village, murdering 257 Polish citizens, including 83 children under the age of 17, and burning down their properties. This was the triggering event for the Raid on Mittenheide In mid-August 1943 a Polish unit of the Uderzeniowe Bataliony Kadrowe (English: ''Striking Cadre Battalions'', ''UBK''), which was controlled by the resistance organization Konfederacja Narodu, organized armed attack on East Prussian villages i .... References Villages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajsk
Rajsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok. History According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 341 people, among whom 15 were Roman Catholic, 322 Orthodox, and 4 Jewish. At the same time, 196 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 145 Belarusian. There were 71 residential buildings in the village.''Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych.'', t. T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 30. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. On July 16, 1942, on the order of regional SS a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pacification may refer to: The restoration of peace through a declaration or peace treaty: *Pacification of Ghent, an alliance of several provinces of the Netherlands signed on November 8, 1576 *Treaty of Berwick (1639), or ''Pacification of Berwick'', signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland * Pacification sejm, one of several sessions of the Sejm, especially the one in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth *Pacification of 1917, between religious and secular sects in the Netherlands A military or police action: *Pacification of Algeria (1835-1903), French military operations which aimed to put an end to various tribal rebellions *Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883), also ''Pacification of the Araucanía'', the actions which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Chile *Pacification of Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia (1930), a punitive action of Polish police against the Ukrainian minority in Poland *Pacification of Manchukuo, a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacification Of Michniów
Pacification may refer to: The restoration of peace through a declaration or peace treaty: *Pacification of Ghent, an alliance of several provinces of the Netherlands signed on November 8, 1576 *Treaty of Berwick (1639), or ''Pacification of Berwick'', signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland * Pacification sejm, one of several sessions of the Sejm, especially the one in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth *Pacification of 1917, between religious and secular sects in the Netherlands A military or police action: *Pacification of Algeria (1835-1903), French military operations which aimed to put an end to various tribal rebellions *Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883), also ''Pacification of the Araucanía'', the actions which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Chile *Pacification of Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia (1930), a punitive action of Polish police against the Ukrainian minority in Poland *Pacification of Manchukuo, a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children
A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are classed as unable to make serious decisions. ''Child'' may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties." Biological, legal and social definitions In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. Legally, the term ''child'' may refer to anyone below th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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