09/06/2004 · The city of Breslau had a population of about 600,000 people in 1939. Following the expulsion of the original German inhabitants in 1945/46 and the resettling of these territories with Poles, all the cities and villages were of course given new Polish names: Silesia's capital, Breslau, is now known by the Polish name WROCLAW.

22/06/2003 · Re: Slota Family from Breslau PA. Gloria, I have correspondence indicating my grandfather, Demetri Slota was in Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne Co.), PA in June 1896 and in Pittsburgh, PA in November 1897. He was born in 1867 in Nieznajowa, Galicia.It is now part of a National Park in Poland.The land was occupied by many countries.My grandfather served in ...

13/02/2010 · Rosalie Linke Dohrmann was born 14 March 1861 in Breslau, Schlesien, Preußen, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland).Rosalie died February 23, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.I have her death certificate, which states she was born in Breslau.A couple of census records mention she was was from Schlesien, Prussia.

03/02/2014 · He was Catholic, born in Breslau [Polish: Wroclaw],a musician and married to Ernestine née STELZER living in New York where he also lived. His father was Karl RICK, cabinet-maker by trade. Source: Registers of the Civil Registry Office III in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Poland], Deaths 1893, vol. 4, No. 1229/1893

06/03/2010 · Maryanna, Helen and Eleanora Kosmalski returned to the Port of Baltimore on September 28, 1904 on board the S.S. Breslau.Their destination was 2857 Salmon Street in Philadelphia where they were going to join their husband and father Julian Kosmalski.They listed their last residence as “Rostok” Russia

28/07/2006 · By genealogy.com user August 02, 2001 at 11:02:49. Any information on Schubert family from Silesia (Poland, formerly part of Germany) (aka Breslau, Schlesien?) Please contact me!

10/09/2003 · Silesia (in German: Schlesien) was until 1945 a province of Prussia (in German: Preussen).Its capital was the city of Breslau.Following World War II, almost all of Germany lying east of the Oder and Neisse Rivers, including Silesia, was given to Poland (with the exception of the northern half of the Prussian province of East Prussia, which was taken by the Soviet …

10/05/2008 · Following World War II, Germany east of the Oder and Neisse Rivers, including Silesia, became part of Poland.Festenberg is now known by the Polish name Twardogóra.Gross Wartenberg is now known by the Polish name Syców.Breslau is now known by the Polish name Wroclaw -- (the "l" should have a slanted line through it, but that Polish character will not appear …

03/08/2008 · Following World War II, Stalin decided to keep eastern Poland -- the Eastern Borderlands, as they were called -- for the Soviet Union.This included the eastern half of Galicia, including the city of Lwów.Eastern Galicia was incorporated into the Soviet Union and made part of what was then the Soviet Ukraine.Eastern Galicia's Polish population was thereupon …

22/04/2013 · Hoffmann Family From Breslau , Germany / Wroclaw , Poland Posted on 1/9/2011 in Hoffmann Family Genealogy Re: Volk Family from Ohio and Welchensteinach , Baden Baden