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The Polish October (Polish: Polski październik [ˈpɔl.ski paʑˈd͡ʑɛr.ɲik]), also known as the Polish thaw or Gomułka's thaw, also "small stabilization" (Polish: mała stabilizacja [2]) was a change in the politics of the Polish People's Republic that occurred in October 1956.
The German labor office in Poznań demanded that children as young as 12 register for work, but it is known that even ten-year-old children were forced to work. [48] Spring: Komitet Niesienia Pomocy joined the Union of Armed Struggle. [33] May: The Polish resistance movement facilitated escapes of British prisoners of war from the Stalag XXI-D ...
Poznań was the seat the German Central Bureau for Resettlement (UWZ, Umwandererzentralstelle), a special German institution established in November 1939 to coordinate the expulsion of Poles from occupied Polish territories. [23] Poznań's Jewish population, which had numbered 2,000 in 1939, [24] was largely murdered in the Holocaust.
The Nazi authorities significantly expanded Poznań's boundaries to include most of the present-day area of the city; these boundaries were retained after the war. Poznań was captured by the Red Army, assisted by Polish volunteers, on 23 February 1945 following the Battle of Poznań, in which the German army conducted a last-ditch defense in ...
The 1956 Poznań protests, also known as Poznań June (Polish: Poznański Czerwiec), were the first of several massive protests against the communist government of the Polish People's Republic. Demonstrations by workers demanding better working conditions began on 28 June 1956 at Poznań 's Cegielski Factories and were met with violent repression.
The Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska uprising of 1918–1919 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1918–1919 roku; German: Großpolnischer Aufstand) or Poznań War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region (German: Grand Duchy of Posen or Provinz Posen) against German rule.
Poznań Crosses in 1981 Monument after changes in 2006. Poznań June 1956 Monument (Poznań Crosses) (Polish: Pomnik Poznańskiego Czerwca 1956, also Poznańskie Krzyże) is a monument on Adam Mickiewicz Square in the Imperial District in Poznań, commemorating the 1956 Poznań protests (also known as Poznań June) and subsequent protests in the Polish People's Republic.
The city of Poznań was a big industrial center, as well as a key railroad junction. Only 7.6% of population was illiterate, which was much lower than the national average of 23.1% (as of 1931). Poles made up the majority of the population (90.5%), with 9.2% Germans and 0.3% Jews.