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 …

I am an American of partial German descent whose paternal German grandfather was born in Breslau as Wilhelm Heimann. He was a businessman who eventually moved from Berlin to New York in 1935 with his wife Charlotte and his only child, my …

Breslau was the last major city in eastern Germany to fall on May 7, 1945. Although the city was only bombed once, massive destruction took place …

08/06/2004 · The city of Breslau had a population of about 600,000 people in 1939. Silesia's capital, Breslau, is now known by the Polish name WROCLAW. Map 1 shows Germany as it was from its unification under Bismarck in 1871 until 1918. You will see Germany's states, including Prussia, Germany's largest state by far, and its provinces.

Old German street names in Breslau/Wroclaw From different sources we tried to make a comprehensive overview of old German street names in Breslau/Wroclaw. We hope that this list is a good addition to our post about Genealogy in Wroclaw and Lower Silesia and could help you to find some traces of your family history!

19/10/2012 · Breslau's German inhabitants, those few that had survived war destruction, were expelled from what had been the capital of Germany's Lower Silesian province. New Polish immigrants, mostly pioneers ...

21/08/2020 · Spod tynku patrzy Breslau/Facebook “After 1945, the people's authorities effectively removed all traces of Germanness from the city,” Czekański said. The aim was to obliterate any sign of German life in the city. This included all street signs, shop fronts and anything written in German. In line with this policy, street names were changed.