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Map showing the different borders and territories of Poland and Germany during the 20th century, with the current areas of Germany and Poland in dark gray
Jun 26, 2016 · The map portrays the blueprint of the combined operational war plans for the Polish armed forces in the late 1960s and the 1970s. It details an offensive against NATO countries and their...
Nov 7, 2023 · The first wall displays a virtual map of Kraków, a cityscape made alien through the imposition of German names onto streets, squares, and alleys, echoing an imposed narrative of dominance. Opposite, the other wall depicts photographs of Kraków’s modest memorial sites, a stark contrast to the grandiose Nazi plans for the city.
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Nevertheless, the Nazi occupation of Kraków was no different to anywhere else, including the imposition of harsh totalitarian rules, racial and national segregation with the systematic extermination of Jews and Poles of Jewish origin, erasing all remnants of Kraków’s Polish history, and mass theft of works of art. The Nazi occupiers did everything ...
In January 1945, however, with the Red Army approaching at full speed and the Germans retreating contumaciously, usually leaving nothing more than scorched earth behind them, Kraków seemed doomed… but eventually came through unscathed. How was that possible? There are two narratives to that story: the Communist one and the post-Communist.
Throughout the Communist period of Poland's history, the official binding dogma was that Kraków was saved by the strategic genius of Marshal Ivan Konev. An official Kraków city guide from 1967 says: Some scientific publications, the Polish Film Chronicle (a propaganda outlet of the Communist party), and school and university textbooks, as well as a...
After the fall of Communism in 1989, the story was revised. Analysis of the classified military documents of the previous regime revealed that the Red Army’s role in saving Kraków was a bit less heroic. The latest research shows that the German armed forces had little interest in defending Kraków, and that the risk of being encircled was substantia...
It seems that the legend of Marshal Ivan Konev heroically saving Kraków was very much needed for him personally, as an asset in his rivalry with Marshal Georgy Zhukov, and for Soviet plans of expansion. Poles accused the Red Army of passivity and of letting the Warsaw Uprising bleed out in 1944, and if these charges were proven by not taking proper...
Jun 29, 2023 · If you ever find yourself in the Podgórze district of Krakow, I can tell you that you’d be stepping into a piece of history, more precisely – the place that was once known as the Krakow Ghetto during the German occupation. Starting from March 3, 1941, a staggering 17,000 Jews were packed into 320 buildings within the Ghetto.
Full-color map of the city center of Kraków, Poland, with suburban districts of Podgórze and Nowa Huta, and a detail inset of the Kraków old town, as it appeared during the German occupation of World War II (1939~1945).
Aug 23, 2006 · Sept. 1, 1939: Nazi troops invade Poland. The country is subsequently divided between Stalin and Hitler and occupied by the Red Army and Nazi troops, respectively during fall of 1939. Auschwitz,...
