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Execution Of Tczew Hostages
Execution of Tczew hostages was a public execution of Polish hostages carried out by the Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupiers in Tczew. On 24 January 1940, at the so-called pig market, members of the Schutzstaffel, SS and the paramilitary ''Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz'' executed 13 Poles – workers of the Polish State Railways, civil servants, merchants, and craftsmen. The crime was committed in retaliation for the alleged arson of German workshops located in the Tczew factory "Arkona" by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance movement. Beginning of the German occupation The border city of Tczew was seized by ''Wehrmacht'' units as early as 2 September 1939. German authorities, including police, state, and party institutions, quickly established themselves in the occupied city. Otto Andres was appointed Landrat of Tczew County and head of the local Nazi Party organisation (''kreisleiter''), later replaced by Reinhold Isendick. Dr. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tczew
Tczew (, formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021). It is the capital of Tczew County and the largest city of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within the historic region of Pomerania. Founded in the Middle Ages with city rights since 1260, Tczew was a major river port on the Vistula, and prospered as a major center for grain trade in Poland. The city is known for its Old Town with medieval Gothic architecture, Gothic churches, and the Vistula bridges, which played a key role in the Invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II. During the war, it was the location of a major German-operated transit camp for Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany, Poles expelled from the region, now home to the Vistula River Museum, the main museum devoted to the history of Poland's longest river. Tczew is the largest railroad junction in northern Poland, with railroads towards Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Warsaw and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
