Jedwabne pogrom The Jedwabne pogrom (or Jedwabne massacre) () was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Jedwabne in German Nazi occupied Poland that took place on July 10, 1941, during World War II. The responsibility sensu stricto was ascribed to approximately 40 non-Jewish ethnic Polish men from or around the town of Jedwabne. Jedwabne_pogrom
Kresy The term Kresy, meaning "Outskirts" or "Borderlands", is used to define the Polish eastern frontier. The term referred to the eastern frontiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the period of the Second Polish Republic, these territories roughly equated with the lands to the east of Curzon line. In September 1939 the Soviet Union annexed these territories and incorporated them into the Soviet republics of Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania. When the Soviet Union broke up, they remained part of Kresy
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (born in 1962 in Warsaw, Poland) is an American historian specializing in East Central European history of the 19th and 20th century. His historical works includeAfter the Holocaust (2003), and Between Nazis and Soviets (2004). Marek_Jan_Chodakiewicz
The Holocaust in Poland Holocaust, also known as haShoah () was the officially sanctioned genocide which took the lives of three million Polish Jews in World War II, destroying an entire civilization. Only a small number survived or managed to escape beyond the reach of the Nazis. The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland was an event involving the implementation of German policy of systematic and mostly successful destruction of indigenous Polish-Jewish population. The_Holocaust_in_Poland
Walerian Łukasiński Walerian Łukasiński (Warsaw, 15 April 1786 – 27 January 1868, Shlisselburg) was a Polish officer and political activist. Sentenced by Russian Imperial authorities to 14 years' imprisonment, he was never released and died after 44 years, becoming a symbol of the Polish struggle for independence. Walerian_Łukasiński
Wąsosz pogrom The Wąsosz pogrom was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Wąsosz in Nazi German occupied Poland that took place on July 7, 1941, during World War II. Wąsosz_pogrom
Raid on Mittenheide In mid-August of 1943 a Polish unit of the Uderzeniowe Bataliony Kadrowe (EnglishStriking Cadre Battalions, UBK), which was controlled by the right-wing organization Konfederacja Narodu, organized armed attack on East Prussian villages in the area of Johannisburg (nowStanislaw Karolkiewicz, was a revenge for German atrocities, committed in Bezirk Bialystok. Raid_on_Mittenheide
First mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp On June 14, 1940, German occupying authorities organized the first mass transport of prisoners to the recently opened Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The transport, which set from southern Polish city of Tarnów, consisted of 728 Poles, including some Jewish Poles. They were political prisoners, usually affiliated with resistance movements and in most cases, they were Catholics, since the mass deportations of Jews had not yet begun. All were sent to Auschwitz by the Sicherheitspolizei Sachsenhausen, First_mass_transport_to_Auschwitz_concentration_camp
Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust Polish Jews were the primary victims of the German Nazi-organized Holocaust. Throughout the German occupation of Poland, many Polish gentiles — at great risk to themselves and their families — rescued Jews from the Nazis. There were more Polish rescuers than Righteous from any other nation. Rescue_of_Jews_by_Poles_during_the_Holocaust
Antoni Gawryłkiewicz Antoni Gawryłkiewicz (born 1926 in Poland – since 1956 living in Płock), was awarded the title of Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem from Jerusalem in July 1999, for saving the lives of 16 Polish Jews during the Holocaust, between May 1942 and July 1944, at the time of the Nazi German occupation of Poland. Antoni_Gawryłkiewicz