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Czarże
Czarże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies north of Dąbrowa Chełmińska, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania. History The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document of Duke Konrad I of Masovia from 1222. During the Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupation (World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Polish people, Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the ''Intelligenzaktion''. In October 1940, the occupiers also carried out Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany, expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to Germans, German colonists as part of the ''Lebensraum'' policy. Notable people * Piotr Konieczka (1901–1939), corporal of the Polish Army, considered the first vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Konieczka
Piotr Konieczka (29 April 1901 – 1 September 1939) was a Polish Army soldier. He is considered by some historians to have been the first Polish soldier to die in World War II. Biography Piotr Konieczka was born in the village of Czarże near Chełmno. He moved with his family to Brodna in Greater Poland where he bought a three-hectare farm. He was mobilized in the spring of 1939. On the night of 31 August to 1 September, he served in a platoon sent to strengthen the Jeziorki, Piła County, Jeziorki border checkpoint. After 1:00 am the checkpoint was attacked by the German diversion squad. Around 1:40 am Konieczka, left alone operating a machine gun, was bashed to death with rifle butts. According to Polish historians, Konieczka may have been the first Polish soldier killed during the invasion. A historian confirmed from records that Konieczka was the first war victim in the Greater Poland region. While the attack was not by regular Wehrmacht soldiers, it was considered to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |