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The holdings of Wrocław Museum are closely connected with the history of border shifts in Central Europe following World War II.After the annexation of eastern half of the Second Polish Republic by the Soviet Union, main parts of Poland's art collections were transferred from the cities incorporated into the USSR like Lviv.
The Four Domes Pavilion, located northwest of the Centennial Hall. It was designed by Hans Poelzig and constructed from August 1912 to February 1913. The fountain of the goddess Athena, which was destroyed during World War II, used to be located in the courtyard of the building. At present it houses a division of the National Museum.
Throughout most of World War II Breslau was not close to the fighting. The city became a haven for refugees, swelling in population to nearly one million. Polish resistance from the group Zagra-Lin [ 98 ] successfully attacked a Nazi German troop transport on the main railway station in the city on 23 April 1943, and a commemorative plate ...
Gross-Rosen was a network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II.The main camp was located in the German village of Gross-Rosen, now the modern-day Rogoźnica in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, [1] directly on the rail-line between the towns of Jawor (Jauer) and Strzegom (Striegau).
Pages in category "World War II museums in Poland" ... Majdanek State Museum; Sobibór Museum; Markowa Ulma-Family Museum of Poles Who Saved Jews in World War II;
"Wroclaw". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6. Laurențiu Rădvan (2010), "Towns in the Kingdom of Poland: Wroclaw and Krakow", At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities, Translated by Valentin Cîrdei, Leiden: Brill, p. 47+, ISBN 9789004180109
Toward the end of World War II, the Town Hall suffered minor damage – an aerial bomb pierced the roof (but did not explode) and some sculptural elements were lost. Restoration work began in the 1950s following a period of research, and this conservation effort continued throughout the 20th century.
Sherman Tank of Polish I Corps fighting in Western Europe during WWII Norden M2WS bombsight Interior of the museum. The Museum of the Second World War (Polish: Muzeum II Wojny Światowej) is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland, which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017.