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The Gleiwitz incident is the best-known action of Operation Himmler, a series of special operations undertaken by the Schutzstaffel (SS) to serve German propaganda at the outbreak of war. The operation was intended to create the appearance of a Polish aggression against Germany to justify the invasion of Poland.
The Gleiwitz incident was a false-flag attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz on 31 August 1939, staged by the German secret police, which served as a pretext, devised by Reinhard Heydrich under orders from Hitler, for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, and which marked the start of the Second World War.
The provincial capital was Oppeln (1919–1938) and Kattowitz (1941–1945), while other major towns included Beuthen, Gleiwitz, Hindenburg O.S., Neiße, Ratibor and Auschwitz, added in 1941 (the place of future extermination of Jews in World War II). [1] Between 1938 and 1941 it was reunited with Lower Silesia as the Province of Silesia.
It was the site of the Gleiwitz incident - a false flag incident staged by Nazi Germany in 1939 to justify the invasion of Poland, one of the triggers of World War Two. And in 1945, towards the ...
The tower was erected from 1 August 1934 as Sendeturm Gleiwitz (Gleiwitz Radio Tower), when the territory was part of Germany.It was operated by the Reichssender Breslau (former Schlesische Funkstunde broadcasting corporation) of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft radio network.
Gleiwitz I Gliwice: Mar 1944 – Jan 1945 About 1,300 prisoners Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk: 18. Laurahütte Siemianowice Śląskie: Mar/Apr 1944 – Jan 1945 1,000 prisoners Rhinemetall Borsig AG 19. Blechhammer Blechhammer concentration camp near Sławięcice: Apr 1944 – Jan 1945 609 prisoners O/S Hydrierwerke AG 20. Bobrek
At least 3,000 prisoners died on the Gleiwitz route alone. [14] Approximately 9,000-15,000 prisoners in total died on death marches out of Auschwitz's camps, [16] [13] and those who did survive were then put on freight trains and shipped to other camps deeper in German held territory.
Silesia [a] (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at 8,000,000.