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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Armia Krajowa | | | | |  Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Colditz Castle - Colditz Castle as Oflag IVcAfter the outbreak of World War II the castle was converted into a high security Prisoner of War camp for officers who had become security or escape risks or who were regarded as volksfeindlich, or treasonous against the people. Since the castle is situated on a rocky outcropping above the Mulde river, the Germans believed it to be an ideal site for a high security prison.
The larger outer courtyard, known as the Kommandantur, had only two exits and housed a large German garrison. The prisoners lived in an adjacent court ...
See also:Colditz Castle, Colditz Castle - History, Colditz Castle - The original castle, Colditz Castle - The rebuilt castle, Colditz Castle - The modern castle, Colditz Castle - The current castle, Colditz Castle - Colditz Castle as a mental institution, Colditz Castle - Colditz Castle as Oflag IVc, Colditz Castle - Population changes, Colditz Castle - The Prominente and famous inmates, Colditz Castle - The German staff and visitors, Colditz Castle - Life in the camp, Colditz Castle - Thou shalt escape if you possibly can, Colditz Castle - Colditz Castle in popular culture, Colditz Castle - Suggested reading Read more here: » Colditz Castle: Encyclopedia II - Colditz Castle - Colditz Castle as Oflag IVc |
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| | | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - The Holocaust - Victims The victims of the Holocaust were Jews, Polish, Russian, Communists, homosexuals, Roma (also known as gypsies), the mentally ill and the physically disabled, intelligentsia and political activists, Jehovah's Witnesses, some Catholic and Protestant clergy, trade unionists, psychiatric patients, some Africans, common criminals and people labeled as "enemies of the state". These victims all perished alongside one another in the camps, according to the extensive documentation left behind by the Nazis themselves (written and photographed), eyewit ...
See also:The Holocaust, The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term, The Holocaust - Features of the Nazi Holocaust, The Holocaust - Premeditation, The Holocaust - Efficiency, The Holocaust - Scale, The Holocaust - Cruelty, The Holocaust - Victims, The Holocaust - Jews, The Holocaust - Slavs, The Holocaust - Roma Sinti and Manush 'Gypsies', The Holocaust - Gay men, The Holocaust - Jehovah's Witnesses, The Holocaust - Disabled people, The Holocaust - Others, The Holocaust - Death toll, The Holocaust - Searching for records of victims, The Holocaust - Execution of the Holocaust, The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945, The Holocaust - Pogroms 1938-1941, The Holocaust - Euthanasia 1939-1941, The Holocaust - Ghettos 1940-1945, The Holocaust - Death squads 1941-1943, The Holocaust - Extermination camps 1942-1945, The Holocaust - Death marches and liberation 1944-1945, The Holocaust - Resistance and rescuers, The Holocaust - Resistance, The Holocaust - Rescuers, The Holocaust - Perpetrators and collaborators, The Holocaust - Who was directly involved in the killings?, The Holocaust - Who authorized the killings?, The Holocaust - Who knew about the killings?, The Holocaust - Historical interpretations, The Holocaust - Why did people participate in authorize or tacitly accept the killing?, The Holocaust - Revisionists and deniers, The Holocaust - Aftermath, The Holocaust - Displaced Persons and the State of Israel, The Holocaust - Legal proceedings against Nazis, The Holocaust - Legal action against genocide, The Holocaust - Impact on culture, The Holocaust - Holocaust theology, The Holocaust - Art and literature, The Holocaust - Holocaust Memorial Days, The Holocaust - Notes, The Holocaust - Nazi plans related to the Holocaust, The Holocaust - Eugenics, The Holocaust - Individuals and the Holocaust, The Holocaust - Nazi concentration camps, The Holocaust - Ghettos, The Holocaust - Massacres and pogroms, The Holocaust - Jewish resistance Read more here: » The Holocaust: Encyclopedia II - The Holocaust - Victims |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Stefan Starzyński - Biographical note
Stefan Starzyński - Soldier.
Starzyński was born on January 19, 1893 in Warsaw. After finishing his gymnasium he joined the Faculty of Economy at the Higher School of Trade (Wyższe Kursy Handlowe), a private-run university. In 1909 he also joined various patriotic organizations, among them the Związek Strzelecki.
In August 1914, after the outbreak of the Great War, he joined Piłsudski's Polish Legions and became an ordinary soldier in the 1st Brigade. He took part in all battles and skirmishes ...
See also:Stefan Starzyński, Stefan Starzyński - Biographical note, Stefan Starzyński - Soldier, Stefan Starzyński - Politician and economist, Stefan Starzyński - President, Stefan Starzyński - Hero, Stefan Starzyński - Legend Read more here: » Stefan Starzyński: Encyclopedia II - Stefan Starzyński - Biographical note |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Sten - Variants Sten guns were produced in several basic marks, although the fourth was never issued and nearly half of the total produced were of the Mark II. All combined, approximately 4.5 million Stens were produced during the war.
Sten - Mark I.
This rare weapon had a conical flash hider and finest finish of the bunch. It had a wooden foregrip and forward handle, as well for a section of the stock. The stock was a small tube outline, rather like the Mark II Canadian. One unique feature was that the front pistol grip ...
See also:Sten, Sten - History, Sten - Design, Sten - Variants, Sten - Mark I, Sten - Mark I*, Sten - Mark II, Sten - Mark II Canadian, Sten - Mark III, Sten - Mark IV, Sten - Mark V, Sten - Mark VI, Sten - Silenced models, Sten - Foreign built copies and derivatives, Sten - Service Read more here: » Sten: Encyclopedia II - Sten - Variants |
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| | | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Jan Karski - World War II After crossing into German-held part of Poland, in November of 1939 he managed to escape a train to a POW camp and found his way to Warsaw. There he joined the ZWZ, the first resistance organization in occupied Europe and a predecessor of Armia Krajowa. About that time he adopted a nom de guerre of Jan Karski, which later became his surname. Other noms de guerre used by him during World War II included Witold, Piasecki, Kwaśniewski, Znamierowski, Kruszewski and Kuch ...
See also:Jan Karski, Jan Karski - Early life, Jan Karski - World War II, Jan Karski - Post-War Career, Jan Karski - Honors, Jan Karski - Notes, Jan Karski - Reference Read more here: » Jan Karski: Encyclopedia II - Jan Karski - World War II |
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| | | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Polish contribution to World War II - Army After the country's defeat in the 1939 campaign, the Polish government in exile quickly organized in France a new army of about 80,000 men. In 1940 a Polish Highland Brigade took part in the Battle of Narvik (Norway), and two Polish divisions (First Grenadier Division, and Second Infantry Fusiliers Division) took part in the defense of France, while a Polish motorized brigade and two infantry divisions were in process of forming. A Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade was formed in French-mandated Syria, to which many Polish troops had esca ...
See also:Polish contribution to World War II, Polish contribution to World War II - Army, Polish contribution to World War II - Air Force, Polish contribution to World War II - Navy, Polish contribution to World War II - Intelligence, Polish contribution to World War II - Underground, Polish contribution to World War II - Battles, Polish contribution to World War II - Technical inventions Read more here: » Polish contribution to World War II: Encyclopedia II - Polish contribution to World War II - Army |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - History of Lithuania - Independent interwar Lithuania 1918-1940
History of Lithuania - Freedom wars 1918-1922.
The term "Freedom wars" refers to the three wars Lithuania was fighting to defend its territory from various powers: bolsheviks, bermontians and Poles; each of these powers had their own agenda on fighting Lithuania.
Bolsheviks were attacking Lithuania from the east, trying not to let it to regain independence. Such actions succeeded in some other states, such as Georgia, Belarus or Ukraine, which were also briefly independent but fallen into USSR rule ...
See also:History of Lithuania, History of Lithuania - Before statehood, History of Lithuania - Baltic tribes, History of Lithuania - Towards the creation of single state, History of Lithuania - Grand Duchy of Lithuania, History of Lithuania - Pagan Lithuania, History of Lithuania - Christian Lithuania, History of Lithuania - Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth 1569-1795, History of Lithuania - Early years of new state, History of Lithuania - Wars against Swedes and Russians, History of Lithuania - Destruction of the state, History of Lithuania - Imperial Russian occupation 1795-1914, History of Lithuania - Domination of Russia, History of Lithuania - Napoleon's invasion, History of Lithuania - Persecutions, History of Lithuania - Revolts, History of Lithuania - Revival of Lithuanian Language, History of Lithuania - World War 1 1914-1918, History of Lithuania - Independent interwar Lithuania 1918-1940, History of Lithuania - Freedom wars 1918-1922, History of Lithuania - Democratic Lithuania 1922-1926, History of Lithuania - Authoritarian regime 1926-1938, History of Lithuania - Collapse of the state 1938-1940, History of Lithuania - World War II 1940-1945, History of Lithuania - First Soviet occupation 1940-1941, History of Lithuania - Independent Lithuania 1941, History of Lithuania - German occupation 1941-1944, History of Lithuania - Second Soviet occupation, History of Lithuania - Soviet occupation 1944-1990, History of Lithuania - Stalinism, History of Lithuania - Policy of Brezhnev, History of Lithuania - Policy of Khrushchev, History of Lithuania - Rebirth 1988-1990, History of Lithuania - Independent modern Lithuania 1990-2004, History of Lithuania - Struggle for independence 1990-1991, History of Lithuania - Building the new state 1991-1996, History of Lithuania - Going forward 1996-2004, History of Lithuania - Lithuania in the European Union 2004-present, History of Lithuania - External link Read more here: » History of Lithuania: Encyclopedia II - History of Lithuania - Independent interwar Lithuania 1918-1940 |
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| | | | | | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Białystok - History According to legend, Bialystok was given its name by the Lithuanian prince Gediminas in about 1320. The first mention of the place in historical sources dates from 1437 when the land around the Bialka river was given by King Kazimierz Jagiellończyk of Poland to Raczko Tabutowicz, then in 1547 it passed to the Wiesiołowski family. They built a brick castle and a church here. In 1645 after the death of Krzysztof Wiesiołowski, the last of the clan, Białystok became the property of the Commonwealth. In 1661 it was given to Stefan Czarniecki ...
See also:Białystok, Białystok - History, Białystok - Education, Białystok - Famous people, Białystok - Birthplace for, Białystok - Politics, Białystok - Bialystok constituency, Białystok - Municipal politics, Białystok - Administrative division, Białystok - Monuments, Białystok - Historical population, Białystok - Sports Read more here: » Białystok: Encyclopedia II - Białystok - History |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Władysław Sikorski - Biography
Władysław Sikorski - Early life and World War I.
Sikorski was born May 20, 1881, in Tuszów Narodowy, Polish Galicia, then a territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was Tomasz Sikorski, of impoverished Polish gentry (coat of arms Kopaszyna); his mother was Emilia Habrowska. Young Sikorski studied engineering at the Lwów Polytechnic, specializing in road and bridge construction. After graduation he worked for the Galician administration in the petroleum industry. In 1906 Sikorski volunteered for a ...
See also:Władysław Sikorski, Władysław Sikorski - Biography, Władysław Sikorski - Early life and World War I, Władysław Sikorski - Polish-Soviet War, Władysław Sikorski - In government and in opposition, Władysław Sikorski - Prime Minister in Exile, Władysław Sikorski - Katyn, Władysław Sikorski - Death, Władysław Sikorski - Aftermath, Władysław Sikorski - Controversy surrounding Sikorski's death, Władysław Sikorski - Further reading and other media Read more here: » Władysław Sikorski: Encyclopedia II - Władysław Sikorski - Biography |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Warsaw University - History
Warsaw University - 1816-1831.
The Royal University of Warsaw was established in 1816, when the partitions of Poland separated Warsaw from the oldest and most influential academic center in Kraków. The School of Law and the Medical School were first established in the Duchy of Warsaw. In 1816 Alexander I permitted the Polish authorities to create a university, composed of five faculties: Law and Administration, Medicine, Philosophy, Theology and Art and Humanities. Soon the university grew and the number of students reached 8 ...
See also:Warsaw University, Warsaw University - History, Warsaw University - 1816-1831, Warsaw University - 1857-1869, Warsaw University - 1870-1915, Warsaw University - 1915-1918, Warsaw University - 1918-1939, Warsaw University - 1939-1944, Warsaw University - 1945-1956, Warsaw University - 1956-1989, Warsaw University - Campus, Warsaw University - Faculties, Warsaw University - Other units, Warsaw University - Institutions, Warsaw University - Notable alumni, Warsaw University - Notable professors Read more here: » Warsaw University: Encyclopedia II - Warsaw University - History |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - GROM - History
GROM - Early history.
In the 1970s and 1980s there were several special forces formations, but were either trained in typically military tasks (sabotage, disruption of communications and such) or in anti-terrorist actions. After the Polish embassy in Bern was captured by terrorists in 1982, General Edwin Rozłubirski proposed that a military unit specialised in fast response to all possible threats be created. However, the ...
See also:GROM, GROM - History, GROM - Early history, GROM - Commanders, GROM - Organisation, GROM - Training, GROM - Known operations Read more here: » GROM: Encyclopedia II - GROM - History |
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| | | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - Resistance during World War II - Famous resistance operations An intricate series of resistance operations were launched in France prior to, and during, Operation Overlord.
On June 5 1944, the BBC broadcasted a group of unusual sentences, which the Germans knew were code words—possibly for the invasion of Normandy. The BBC would regularly transmit hundreds of personal messages, of which only a few were really significant. A few days before D-Day, the commanding officers of the Resistance heard the first line of Verlaine's poem , Chanson d'Automne, "Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automn ...
See also:Resistance during World War II, Resistance during World War II - Organisation, Resistance during World War II - Forms of resistance, Resistance during World War II - Famous resistance operations, Resistance during World War II - Resistance movements during World War II, Resistance during World War II - Notable individuals, Resistance during World War II - Documentaries, Resistance during World War II - Dramatisations Read more here: » Resistance during World War II: Encyclopedia II - Resistance during World War II - Famous resistance operations |
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| | | | | Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia II - List of Holocaust victims - Music Siehe auch: In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus verfolgte Composeren
Pavel Haas, Composer (d. Auschwitz concentration camp 1944)
Gideon Klein, Composer (d. Auschwitz concentration camp 1945)
Hans Krása, Composer (d. Auschwitz concentration camp-Birkenau 1944)
Karlrobert Kreiten, Pianist (d. Berlin-Plötzensee 1943, Executed)
Alma Maria Rosé, Violinist, Conductor (d. Auschwitz concentration camp 1944)
Franz Schreker, Composer, Conductor (d. Berlin 1934 by a stroke after repris ...
See also:List of Holocaust victims, List of Holocaust victims - Austria, List of Holocaust victims - Belarus, List of Holocaust victims - Czechoslovakia, List of Holocaust victims - France, List of Holocaust victims - Germany, List of Holocaust victims - Hungary, List of Holocaust victims - Netherlands, List of Holocaust victims - Poland, List of Holocaust victims - Literature Publishing, List of Holocaust victims - Theatre and Film, List of Holocaust victims - Visual arts, List of Holocaust victims - Music, List of Holocaust victims - Composers, List of Holocaust victims - Humanities, List of Holocaust victims - Natural sciences, List of Holocaust victims - Medicine Psychology Paedagogy, List of Holocaust victims - Law Business, List of Holocaust victims - Theology Spiritual, List of Holocaust victims - Sport, List of Holocaust victims - Politics Resistance, List of Holocaust victims - Military, List of Holocaust victims - Paranormal Occultism Read more here: » List of Holocaust victims: Encyclopedia II - List of Holocaust victims - Music |
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