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.

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.

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.

My mother was born in Friedensruh in 1927 (Klein Wilkowa), Kreis Trebnitz, Silesia, Germany, approximately 20 miles north of Breslau.. She also fled the Russians in January 1945, on foot through Czechoslovakia to Selb, Germany. I am currently writing her story down for my children.

13/11/2021 · These are genealogy links to Silesia online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

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