05/12/2019 · History of Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany Journey back in time to Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Schlesien, Preußen) Visit Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

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08/06/2004 · Alona, Breslau was the capital of what was until 1945 the Prussian province of Silesia (in German: Schlesien). I'll tell you just a little bit about Silesia: SILESIA (in German: SCHLESIEN) was until the 1740s a province of AUSTRIA. Following Austria's defeat by Prussia in the Silesian Wars, Silesia became a province of PRUSSIA and remained a ...

Dubbed 'Festung Breslau' ('Breslau Fortress') by Hitler it was the scene of a brutal siege lasting 14 weeks and that cost the lives of 170,000 civilians, 6,000 German troops and 7,000 Russian troops. Finally the city capitulated (the last to do so, four days after Berlin) on May 6th 1945 in a state of absolute ruin. An estimated 70% of the city ...

Like most of Silesia, Breslau was placed under Polish administration. Most surviving German inhabitants were expelled and all German property was taken. By the 1950s, Breslau had been cleansed of most of its dried blood as well as remaining Germans and the real history of the city. Renamed “Wrocław,” it was resettled with Poles.