Timeline of Poznań explained
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Poznań, Poland.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900–1939
- 1902 – Kaiser Wilhelm Library and Kaiser Friedrich Museum open.
- 1903 – Royal Academy opens.[17]
- 1905 – Population: 136,808.
- 1907 – Sołacz becomes part of city.[16]
- 1910
- 1912 – Warta Poznań football club formed.
World War II (1939–1945)
- 1939
- September: During the invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, near Słupca, the Germans bombed a train with Polish civilians fleeing the Wehrmacht from Poznań.[22]
- Poznań Nightingales (choir) secretly founded.
- 10 September: German troops invade Poznań, beginning of German occupation.
- 10 September: Inhabitants of Poznań were among the victims of a massacre of Poles committed by German troops in Zdziechowa.[23]
- 12 September: The Einsatzkommando 1 and Einsatzgruppe VI paramilitary death squads entered the city to commit various crimes against the population.[24]
- September: Mass arrests of Poles by the occupying forces.[25]
- September: City made the headquarters of the central district of the Selbstschutz, which task was to commit atrocities against Poles during the German invasion of Poland.[26]
- September: Tajna Polska Organizacja Wojskowa (Secret Polish Military Organization) Polish resistance organization founded.
- October: Infamous Fort VII concentration camp established by the Germans for imprisonment of Poles arrested in the city and region during the Intelligenzaktion.[27]
- October: (Poznań Military Organization), (National Fighting Organization), Ojczyzna (Homeland) and Komitet Niesienia Pomocy (Relief Committee) Polish resistance organizations founded.
- 16, 18, 20, 26, 28 October: Mass executions of 71 Polish prisoners in Fort VII. Among the victims were teachers, merchants, farmers, craftsmen, workers, doctors, lawyers, editors of Polish newspapers.[27]
- 22 October: First expulsion of Poles carried out by the German police.[28]
- November: Transit camp for Poles expelled from the city established by the occupiers.[29]
- 8, 18, 29 November: Further executions of over 30 Polish prisoners in Fort VII. Among the victims were merchants, craftsmen, editors of Polish newspapers.[30]
- 11 November: Special Staff for the Resettlement of Poles and Jews (Sonderstab für die Aussiedlung von Polen und Juden) founded by the Germans to coordinate the expulsion of Poles from the city and region, known as the Central Bureau for Resettlement (UWZ, Umwandererzentralstelle) since 1940.[31]
- 12–16 November: German police and SS massacred 60 Polish prisoners of the Fort VII concentration camp in the forest of Dębienko near Poznań.[32]
- December: Further executions of 14 Polish craftsmen in Fort VII.[30]
- The Germans massacred over 630 Polish prisoners of the Fort VII concentration camp, incl. 70 students of Poznań universities and colleges and 70 nuns, in the forest of Dopiewiec near Poznań.[30]
- Ernst Damzog, former commander of the Einsatzgruppe V, was appointed the police inspector for both Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst in German-occupied Poznań.[33]
- Tadeusz Kościuszko and 15th Poznań Uhlan Regiment monuments destroyed by the Germans.[19] [20]
- 1940
- January: Further executions of 67 Poles in Fort VII. Among the victims were teachers, local officials, engineers, artists, priests, professors and merchants.[30]
- 27 January, 20 February, 5 March, 25 April: The Germans massacred over 700 Polish prisoners of the Fort VII concentration camp, incl. 120 women, in the forest of Dębienko.[32]
- February: The regional branch of the Union of Armed Struggle begins to organize.
- February, April and May: Further executions of 21 Poles in Fort VII.[30]
- March: Several Polish resistance organizations merged into the (Military Organization of the Western Lands).
- Early 1940: The Germans massacred over 2,000 Polish prisoners of the Fort VII concentration camp in the forest of Dopiewiec.[30]
- Spring: (Independent Poland) resistance organization starts operating in Poznań.
- April: First arrests of members of Wojskowa Organizacja Ziem Zachodnich carried out by the Germans.
- 20 April: Over 100 Poles were arrested by the Germans in the city in just one day.[34]
- June: Bureau of the Government Delegation for Poland for Polish territories annexed by Germany founded.
- 1 August: Stalag XXI-D prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the occupiers.[35]
- Autumn: Regional branch of the Bataliony Chłopskie resistance organization established.
- Autumn: Wojskowa Organizacja Ziem Zachodnich crushed by the Germans. Surviving members joined the Union of Armed Struggle.
- Adam Mickiewicz monument destroyed by the Germans.[15]
- 1941
- The German labor office in Poznań demanded that children as young as 12 register for work, but it is known that even ten-year-old children were forced to work.[36]
- Spring: Komitet Niesienia Pomocy joined the Union of Armed Struggle.
- May: The Polish resistance movement facilitated escapes of British prisoners of war from the Stalag XXI-D POW camp.[37]
- 1942: Mass arrests of members of the Komitet Niesienia Pomocy resistance organization carried out by the Germans.
- 1943
- 20–21 February: A flying unit of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army carried out a spectacular operation to burn down Wehrmacht warehouses in the local river port.
- February: First Soviet POWs brought by the Germans to Stalag XXI-D.[35]
- 14 September: Kidnapped Polish children from Poznań were deported to a camp for Polish children in Łódź, which was nicknamed "little Auschwitz" due to its conditions.[38]
- October: Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler delivers Posen speeches.
- Lake Rusałka created.
- December: First Italian POWs brought by the Germans to Stalag XXI-D.[35]
- 1944
- April: Fort VII concentration camp dissolved.
- Aerial bombing by U.S. forces.
- 1945
- January–February: Battle of Poznań.
- February: Stalag XXI-D POW camp dissolved.[35]
- End of German occupation.
1945–1990s
- 1971
- 1973 – Polish Dance Theatre founded.[44]
- 1974
- 1979 – Sister city partnership signed between Poznań and Jyväskylä, Finland.[46]
- 1980 – Municipal Stadium opens.
- 1982
- 1983
- 1987 – Kiekrz, Morasko, and Radojewo become part of city.
- 1989 – Lech Poznań wins its tenth Polish men's basketball championship.
- 1990
- Wojciech Szczęsny Kaczmarek becomes mayor.[49]
- Population: 590,049.
- 1991
21st century
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010 – Population: 551,627.
- 2011
- 2012 – Poznań co-hosts the UEFA Euro 2012.
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2017 – Sister city partnership signed between Poznań and Bologna, Italy.[63]
- 2021
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.
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