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Pustków, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Pustków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębica, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów. The settlement is nearly synonymous with the adjacent Pustków Osiedle housing estate built in the 1930s for employees of the mining explosives factory of the Central Industrial Region (Poland), Central Industrial Region. The total area of Pustków – the largest village in Gmina Dębica – is with 2,925 residents (2003); while the area of Pustków Osiedle – the smallest one – is with comparable number of 2,727 residents in an urban setting. World War II Pustków, as well as Pustków Osiedle were the location of the Nazi German troop-training facility called ''HL-Heidelager'' for the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian), Ukrainian 14th Waffen SS Division "Galician", as well as other collaborationists military formations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housing Estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision (land), subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Popular throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, they often consist of single-family detached home, single family detached, semi-detached ("duplex") or Terraced house, terraced homes, with separate ownership of each dwelling unit. Building density depends on local planning norms. In major Asian cities, such as Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo, an estate may range from detached houses to high-density tower blocks with or without commercial facilities; in Europe and America, these may take the form of town housing, high-rise housing projects, or the older-style rows of terraced houses associated with the Industrial Revolution, detached or semi-detached houses with small plots o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichsführer-SS
(, ) was a special title and rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the (SS). ''Reichsführer-SS'' was a title from 1925 to 1933, and from 1934 to 1945 it was the highest Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel, rank of the SS. The longest-serving and most noteworthy office holder was Heinrich Himmler. Definition was both a title and a rank. The title of was first created in 1926 by the second commander of the SS, Joseph Berchtold. Julius Schreck, founder of the SS and Berchtold's predecessor, never referred to himself as . Yet, the title was retroactively applied to him in later years. In 1929, Heinrich Himmler became and referred to himself by his title instead of his regular SS rank of . This set the precedent for the commander of the SS to be called . Prior to the Night of the Long Knives, the SS was an elite corps of the (SA or storm troopers), and the was subordinate to the SA's operating head, the . On 20 July 1934, as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galizien Division
The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (; ), commonly referred to as the Galicia Division, was a World War II infantry division (military), division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party, made up predominantly of military volunteer, volunteers with Ukrainians, Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, later also with some Slovaks. Formed in 1943, it was mainly deployed in the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II in combat against the Red Army and in the repression of Soviet partisans, Soviet, Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish, and Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav guerrilla partisans. Parts of the division were said to have taken part in several massacres, such as Huta Pieniacka massacre, at Huta Pieniacka, Pidkamin massacre, Pidkamin, and Palikrowy massacre, Palikrowy. It was largely destroyed in the Lvov–Sandomierz offensive, reformed, and saw action in Slovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blizna, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Blizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ostrów, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Ostrów, north of Ropczyce, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. History World War II From 5 November 1943 to early July 1944 there was an Schutzstaffel, SS V-2 missile launch site, Blizna, military base near Blizna, from which 139 V-2 rocket, A4 (also known as V-2) rockets were launched for experimental purposes and for training.#Anatoly69, Zak, Anatoly: RussianSpaceWeb.Com: 2009#Jena69, Jena1806.Com: 2009 After the Strategic bombing, air raid on Peenemünde on 17 August 1943 it was decided that the training and testing should be done in southeast Poland outside of the range of the Allies of World War II, Allied bombers. However test launches also continued at Peenemuende until 21 February 1945. Because the rockets launched from Blizna - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager
''SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager'' was a World War II SS military complex and Nazi concentration camp in Pustków and Pustków Osiedle, Occupied Poland. The Nazi facility was built to train collaborationist military units, including the Ukrainian 14th Waffen SS Division "Galician", the Flemish Legion, and the Estonian Legion. This training included killing operations inside the concentration camps – most notably at the nearby Pustków and Szebnie camps – and Jewish ghettos in the vicinity of the 'Heidelager'. The military area was situated in the triangle of the Wisła and San rivers, dominated by large forest areas. The centre of the Heidelager was at Blizna, the location of the secret Nazi V-2 missile launch site, which was built and staffed by prisoners from the concentration camp at Pustków. History The Nazis originally planned to erect a large SStraining camp near Pustków with barracks, warehouses, and buildings for the intelligence services. The facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Góra Śmierci Rekonstrukcja (3)
Góra (, ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the administrative seat both of Góra County and of the smaller district (gmina) called Gmina Góra. Geography The town is located within the historic Lower Silesia region, approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2019, it has a population of 11,797. History The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Following the fragmentation of Poland into smaller provincial duchies, it initially formed part of Greater Poland before it passed to Silesia. The settlement was first mentioned as ''Gora'' in an 1155 deed by Pope Adrian IV conveying the property to the Diocese of Wrocław. The name of the town means "hill" or "mountain" in Polish. In 1256 the bishop of Wrocław Tomasz I gave the village to the Polish knight Gosław.Barbara Trojak, ''Góra. Studium historyczne miasta'', 1983 (in Polish) In 1288 it became part of the Duchy of Głogów and was granted Magd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szebnie Concentration Camp
Szebnie was a forced-labor camp established during World War II by Nazi Germany in the General Government in the south-eastern part of occupied Poland. It was located near the town of Szebnie approximately east of Jasło and south-west of Rzeszów. The facility was constructed in 1940 originally as horse stables for the Wehrmacht, adjacent to a manorial estate where the German officers stationed (photo). Over the course of the camp's operation thousands of people perished there, including Nazi crimes against Soviet POWs, Soviet prisoners of war, Polish Jews, Polish people, Poles, Ukrainians, and Romani people. The Soviets entered the camp's charred remains on 8 September 1944. Operation The camp covered an area of about 10 hectares with some 35 barracks eventually. First, it became a POW camp (''Kriegsgefangenenlager'') in late June 1941 for some 6,000 Red Army soldiers, captured in the Soviet invasion of Poland, Soviet zone of occupied Poland after the implementation of Opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pustków Concentration Camp (south-east Poland)
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Pustków may refer to the following places in Poland: * Pustków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Pustków, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland) * Pustków, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Pustków, Podkarpackie Voivodeship Pustków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębica, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów. The settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Waffen Grenadier Division Of The SS (1st Ukrainian)
The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (; ), commonly referred to as the Galicia Division, was a World War II infantry division (military), division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party, made up predominantly of military volunteer, volunteers with Ukrainians, Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, later also with some Slovaks. Formed in 1943, it was mainly deployed in the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II in combat against the Red Army and in the repression of Soviet partisans, Soviet, Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish, and Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav guerrilla partisans. Parts of the division were said to have taken part in several massacres, such as Huta Pieniacka massacre, at Huta Pieniacka, Pidkamin massacre, Pidkamin, and Palikrowy massacre, Palikrowy. It was largely destroyed in the Lvov–Sandomierz offensive, reformed, and saw action in Slovakia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews () is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The Hebrew word ''Polin'' in the museum's English name means either "Poland" or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the first Jews to Poland. Construction of the museum in designated land in Muranów, Warsaw's prewar Jewish quarter, began in 2009, following an international architectural competition won by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma. Completed at a cost of , the museum opened on 19 April 2013 with the core exhibition, showcasing the thousand-year history of Polish Jews, opening on 28 October 2014. The museum's architecture features a minimalist exterior with glass fins and copper mesh, and an interior designed by Event Communications. A central feature is the cavernous entrance hall, symbolizing the fractured history of Polish Jews. The organizational structure of POLIN includes an academic team led by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
