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Die Zwangsarbeitslager des Gleiwitzer Kohlenindustriedistriktes (GZPW) 1945–1949. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges bildete die Zwangsarbeit aus selbstverständlichen Gründen einen immer bedeutender werdenden Faktor der Wirtschaft. Nicht... more
Die Zwangsarbeitslager des Gleiwitzer Kohlenindustriedistriktes (GZPW) 1945–1949.
Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges bildete die Zwangsarbeit aus selbstverständlichen Gründen einen immer bedeutender werdenden Faktor der Wirtschaft. Nicht anders war die Lage in Oberschlesien, dessen industrielles Potential für die Kriegsbedürfnisse Deutschlands nach wie vor von Bedeutung verblieb. Auch hier erschienen die Arbeitskräften der „Fremdvölkischen“ und Kriegsgefangenen als unentbehrlich für den störungslosen Verlauf der industriellen Produktion bzw. der Kohlenförderung. In Gleiwitz, einer der wichtigsten Städten Oberschlesiens, sowie in der nächsten Umgebung der Stadt, arbeiteten zwangsweise mehrere Arbeitskommandos mit den sowjetischen und alliierten Kriegsgefangenen, „Ostarbeiter“ und Polen, es bestanden hier ebenso vier Nebenlager des KL Auschwitz (III). Zu Anfang des Jahres 1945 leisteten auf diesem Gebiet über 20. Tsd. Personen ihren Dienst für die oberschlesische Wirtschaft. Mit dem Ende des Krieges veränderte sich die Lage kaum. Immer wieder zählte die Zwangsarbeit in Oberschlesien – das sich nun im polnischen Staat befand – zu den gewichtigsten Elementen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der Region. Da Oberschlesien für die polnische Verhältnisse ein industriell wohl am stärksten entwickeltes Gebiet darstellte, wurde das Land für das neue kommunistische Regime zum Augapfel. Doch die industrielle Tätigkeit könnte nicht so verlaufen, wie es die Behörden wünschten: teilweise weil die Sowjets die Maschinenparke im hohen Grade demontiert haben, teilweise weil es einfach an Arbeitskräfte mangelte. Einige Zehntausende der Einwohner haben die Sowjets in ihre Industriezentren zur Zwangsarbeit deportiert, mehrere Männer sind als Wehrmachtssoldaten im Krieg gefallen, in die Kriegsgefangenschaft geraten bzw. ins polnische Oberschlesien nicht zurückgekehrt. So entschlossen die polnischen Behörden, anfänglich lediglich die deutsche und „volksdeutsche“ Bevölkerung im Oberschlesien, ab Herbst 1945 auch die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, die in sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenschaft verblieben, in Zahl von rund 40 Tsd. Personen, zur zwangsläufigen Arbeitsleistung nötigen. Das vorliegende Buch versucht anhand des Beispiels des Gleiwitzer Kohlenindustriedistriktes (Gliwickie Zjednoczenie Przemysłu Weglowego) detailliert die Entstehung im Jahre 1945, spätere Entwicklung und Auflösung im Jahre 1949 des lokalen Systems der Zwangsarbeit – vor allem der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, aber auch den internierten deutschen Zivilisten – darzustellen. In fünf Zwangsarbeitslagern, die bei den Kohlenbergwerken „Makoszowy“, „Knurów“, „Sośnica“, „Bielszowice“, „Zabrze Wschód“ (in den heutigen Grenzen der Städten Gleiwitz, Ruda, Zabrze, Knurow) lokalisiert waren, weilte gleichzeitig durchschnittlich über 3 Tsd. Insassen, die an den erwähnten Gruben (hauptsächlich unter Tage) arbeiten mussten. Dieser Distrikt wurde ausgewählt, weil er in der Literatur (J. Kochanowski) als im gewissen Sinne „musterhafter“ Lagersystem fungierte (also wenig durch die Pathologien des Lagerlebens belastet). Man versuchte mit dieser Studie ein realitätsnahes Bild der Lager, ihrer Insassen und Wachmannschaft darzustellen, aber zugleich auch einen Ansporn zur weiteren Forschungen in dieser Thematik geben, die sich mit relativ geringem Interesse der Historiker in Polen (außer J. Kochanowski ist hier noch K. Miroszewski zu nennen), aber auch in Deutschland erfreut. Der Band schildert einerseits die normativen Regelungen, die die Existenz der Lager, die darin herrschenden Verhältnissen und das Funktionieren des Lagerschutzes und der Lagerverwaltung usw. bestimmten, andererseits aber auch die faktische Lebensbedingungen der Inhaftierten, die Formen ihrer Beschäftigungen unter und oben Tage, die Unfälle in der Arbeit, die Sterblichkeit und die Krankheiten. Weiter schildern die Autoren das alltägliche Leben der Kriegsgefangenen (Zivilisten waren in den GZPW-Lagern eine kaum vorhandene Gruppe), Freizeitbeschäftigungen, Selbstverwaltung, Wohnverhältnisse, Nährung, Kleidung, Seelsorge, Ausbrüche, Strafen, Briefwechsel und andere Aspekte des Lebens „hinter dem Stacheldraht“. Man versucht auch, kollektive Biographien zweier Personenkreisen zu erstellen: der Lagerinsassen und ihrer Wachmannschaft. Das Buch schließt mit einem zweiteiligen Quellenanhang: prosopografischen Tafeln mit den Informationen über den Kriegsgefangenen und einer Sammlung von Korrespondenz der Insassen, sowie mehreren anderen Dokumenten verschiedener Art, die das Bild des Lageralltags anschaulich machen sollten.
Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges bildete die Zwangsarbeit aus selbstverständlichen Gründen einen immer bedeutender werdenden Faktor der Wirtschaft. Nicht anders war die Lage in Oberschlesien, dessen industrielles Potential für die Kriegsbedürfnisse Deutschlands nach wie vor von Bedeutung verblieb. Auch hier erschienen die Arbeitskräften der „Fremdvölkischen“ und Kriegsgefangenen als unentbehrlich für den störungslosen Verlauf der industriellen Produktion bzw. der Kohlenförderung. In Gleiwitz, einer der wichtigsten Städten Oberschlesiens, sowie in der nächsten Umgebung der Stadt, arbeiteten zwangsweise mehrere Arbeitskommandos mit den sowjetischen und alliierten Kriegsgefangenen, „Ostarbeiter“ und Polen, es bestanden hier ebenso vier Nebenlager des KL Auschwitz (III). Zu Anfang des Jahres 1945 leisteten auf diesem Gebiet über 20. Tsd. Personen ihren Dienst für die oberschlesische Wirtschaft. Mit dem Ende des Krieges veränderte sich die Lage kaum. Immer wieder zählte die Zwangsarbeit in Oberschlesien – das sich nun im polnischen Staat befand – zu den gewichtigsten Elementen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der Region. Da Oberschlesien für die polnische Verhältnisse ein industriell wohl am stärksten entwickeltes Gebiet darstellte, wurde das Land für das neue kommunistische Regime zum Augapfel. Doch die industrielle Tätigkeit könnte nicht so verlaufen, wie es die Behörden wünschten: teilweise weil die Sowjets die Maschinenparke im hohen Grade demontiert haben, teilweise weil es einfach an Arbeitskräfte mangelte. Einige Zehntausende der Einwohner haben die Sowjets in ihre Industriezentren zur Zwangsarbeit deportiert, mehrere Männer sind als Wehrmachtssoldaten im Krieg gefallen, in die Kriegsgefangenschaft geraten bzw. ins polnische Oberschlesien nicht zurückgekehrt. So entschlossen die polnischen Behörden, anfänglich lediglich die deutsche und „volksdeutsche“ Bevölkerung im Oberschlesien, ab Herbst 1945 auch die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, die in sowjetischen Kriegsgefangenschaft verblieben, in Zahl von rund 40 Tsd. Personen, zur zwangsläufigen Arbeitsleistung nötigen. Das vorliegende Buch versucht anhand des Beispiels des Gleiwitzer Kohlenindustriedistriktes (Gliwickie Zjednoczenie Przemysłu Weglowego) detailliert die Entstehung im Jahre 1945, spätere Entwicklung und Auflösung im Jahre 1949 des lokalen Systems der Zwangsarbeit – vor allem der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, aber auch den internierten deutschen Zivilisten – darzustellen. In fünf Zwangsarbeitslagern, die bei den Kohlenbergwerken „Makoszowy“, „Knurów“, „Sośnica“, „Bielszowice“, „Zabrze Wschód“ (in den heutigen Grenzen der Städten Gleiwitz, Ruda, Zabrze, Knurow) lokalisiert waren, weilte gleichzeitig durchschnittlich über 3 Tsd. Insassen, die an den erwähnten Gruben (hauptsächlich unter Tage) arbeiten mussten. Dieser Distrikt wurde ausgewählt, weil er in der Literatur (J. Kochanowski) als im gewissen Sinne „musterhafter“ Lagersystem fungierte (also wenig durch die Pathologien des Lagerlebens belastet). Man versuchte mit dieser Studie ein realitätsnahes Bild der Lager, ihrer Insassen und Wachmannschaft darzustellen, aber zugleich auch einen Ansporn zur weiteren Forschungen in dieser Thematik geben, die sich mit relativ geringem Interesse der Historiker in Polen (außer J. Kochanowski ist hier noch K. Miroszewski zu nennen), aber auch in Deutschland erfreut. Der Band schildert einerseits die normativen Regelungen, die die Existenz der Lager, die darin herrschenden Verhältnissen und das Funktionieren des Lagerschutzes und der Lagerverwaltung usw. bestimmten, andererseits aber auch die faktische Lebensbedingungen der Inhaftierten, die Formen ihrer Beschäftigungen unter und oben Tage, die Unfälle in der Arbeit, die Sterblichkeit und die Krankheiten. Weiter schildern die Autoren das alltägliche Leben der Kriegsgefangenen (Zivilisten waren in den GZPW-Lagern eine kaum vorhandene Gruppe), Freizeitbeschäftigungen, Selbstverwaltung, Wohnverhältnisse, Nährung, Kleidung, Seelsorge, Ausbrüche, Strafen, Briefwechsel und andere Aspekte des Lebens „hinter dem Stacheldraht“. Man versucht auch, kollektive Biographien zweier Personenkreisen zu erstellen: der Lagerinsassen und ihrer Wachmannschaft. Das Buch schließt mit einem zweiteiligen Quellenanhang: prosopografischen Tafeln mit den Informationen über den Kriegsgefangenen und einer Sammlung von Korrespondenz der Insassen, sowie mehreren anderen Dokumenten verschiedener Art, die das Bild des Lageralltags anschaulich machen sollten.
This Chronicle is an attempt to represent a chronologically ordered picture of the life of the city and its inhabitants during the decade-long period between 1971 and 1981. The first part of the book is a short synthesis of the... more
This Chronicle is an attempt to represent a chronologically ordered picture of the life of the city and its inhabitants during the decade-long period between 1971 and 1981. The first part of the book is a short synthesis of the significant events and occurrences of this decade. The particular focus here is on investments and changes in the arrangement of urban space, on social relations, on problems of trade, gastronomy, the local market, communications, cultural life, schooling, industry and environmental pollution. Separately analyzed are matters tied to the functioning of the political system and government apparatus, including the functioning of the state systems of propaganda and coercion, which are broadly treated here. The synthetic section ends with a description of the specific unfolding of the socio-political crisis of 1980–1981 in Gliwice, as well as the atmosphere during the period of the first “Solidarity” between August 1980 and December of 1981. This section and the texts following end with the first days of Martial Law. In taking into account various points of view and expanding on these perspectives, the introductory text is a general introduction to the lecture of the more detailed chronicle that follows. The second main part of the publication constitutes the chronicle, which utilizes the source material. The latter includes aspects of documents drafted during the period under study by municipal administrative authorities, the Polish United Worker’s Party (PZPR), and the secret political police. The source materials also include selected articles from the local press. The texts often discuss places and occurrences often forgotten today. To draw readers closer to the climate of the epoch and to introduce them to certain events, the narrative often follows from the general to the particular. It begins from a general Polish context, studies the regional unfolding of a given events, and then ends at a strictly local and municipal level. Through this approach events are analyzed from a broader background. This allows the social, political, economic and cultural events that occur at the municipal level to be more transparent and understandable, even to the non-professional historian. The last part of the book is an annex made up of two informative sections. The first is on “People with state authority” and is a chronological account of Communist Party local leaders, of people leading the municipal section of the National Council, and of the presidents of cities as well as members of the leading cadres of the secret political police. In the second section, titled “selected addresses”, one can find out the location of institutions and socio-political organizations – including banks, pubs, diners, restaurants, cafés, hotels, cinemas and the most renowned stores – that no longer exist today, including their street addresses and numbers. The form and shape of the chronicle allows the reader to trace changes in the city “from day to day”, which allow her/him to grasp a completely different point of view than monographic syntheses would allow. The text contains an array of information for which there would not be enough space if it were written or structured in another way, i.e. if it aimed towards a scholarly synthesis or to treat only one selected fragment of reality. One can grasp the information from any point in the text without fear of having one’s understanding hampered by having missed out on the previously discussed issues. The rest of the materials in this volume include an index of abbreviations, a bibliography, as well as an index of family names and pseudonyms. The source materials that form the basis of this volume include documents from the Katowice section of Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), the State Archive in Katowice, and its section in Gliwice. The rich illustrative material stems from the collection of the State Archive in Katowice, the Museum in Gliwice, as well as from the collections of private individuals.
The research attempts to reconstruct the transformations and processes, which Gliwice, along with adjoining area, were undergoing within the compass of 1945. A number of essays, articles and monographies were dedicated to Gliwice.... more
The research attempts to reconstruct the transformations and processes, which Gliwice, along with adjoining area, were undergoing within the compass of 1945. A number of essays, articles and monographies were dedicated to Gliwice. Unfortunately, most of them treated 1945 in a casual way, relating the year to the history of the city during so called Polish People’s Republic period. The majority of the researchers presented the very year as a starting point not providing a detailed description of 1945 and instead of this paying more attention to the later period. Moreover, most articles and publicities of the initial years of 1980s were typically, for that period historiography, drift. The majority of earlier publications lacked profound archival study and methodological cogitation. Just in recent years first contributor’s articles on the events discussed in the publication came out. Thus the essay is the first attempt of full monographic description of the theme of 1945 in Gliwice and neighboring area.
1945 was a turning - point for entire Europe. The post - war Europe entered entirely new stage due to such events as: military failure of the III Reich, conferences of the leaders of authoritative empires, mass migrations, re-housing and deportations, political and social transformations of the countries, which got under the domination of the victorious Red Army. For the duration of the respective period, radical transformations of political and nationalistic relations took place on the Upper Silesia. The offensive of the Red Army in January forced the German Army to back out; the victors’ encroachment to the city was followed by escape and evacuation of vast number of inhabitants. Since the front had become stabilized, the Military Headquarter of the Red Army took over the authority of the city and the district, and was the sole administrator of the invaded territory up till March 1945. As soon as the Polish administration had arrived to the city, in March 1945, the process of integration of the City with Poland was initiated. The opening balance - sheet was characterized by borders displacement, uncertain political situation, enormous biologic losses, war damages of properties and disorganization of general and economic administration. The premise of the transformations was the decision of victorious coalition to move the pre - war border of Republic of Poland to the west. This experiment had strong effect on the Germans, Silesians and Polish dwellers of Gliwice, moreover it influenced the inhabitants of the Eastern Borderlands of pre - war Poland who, in the second part of 1945, had been arriving to the City. Hence „The last year - the first year” exemplifies a turning - point in the history of Gliwice, for it had decisive sway on immediate change of the national, social and political character of the city.
The book is the result of many years of the research commenced by the author during historic studies on Jagiellonian University in Krakow and carried on after his graduation. The interpretation of the year 1945 in Gliwice was based on extensive source analysis. The author resorted to the archival sources kept in National Register Office in Katowice, National Register Office in Katowice subsidiary in Gliwice, Registry of Security Delegacy Office, National Reminiscence Institute Register Office in Katowice. The archival assignments were supplemented with press research based on the newspapers, which were published in 1945 such as: „Dziennik Zachodni” (Western Daily), „Gazeta Robotnicza” (Workers’ Newspaper), „Trybuna Slaska” (Silesian Tribune), „Trybuna Robotnicza” (Workers’ Tribune) and „Gosc Niedzielny” (Sunday Guest). Moreover, the author enriches the paper with the interviews he made with the eyewitnesses of the described events. Many of the availed documents and photos were drawn from private collections, thus for the first time they were laid bare. Additionally, records of the proceedings, statistical sources in print and elaborations concerning post - II war Gliwice and Upper Silesia were used in the book.
The book has chronological - problematical structure and is composed of seven chapters. The author referred to the most recent administrative division of the city as the starting - point to territorial
analysis. If necessary, he borrowed information from the events, which took place in Gliwice district, directly by urban agglomeration, or by analogy in nearby cities: Zabrze and Bytom. The last two, similarly to Gliwice were part of Germany before 1939. The chronological turn refers to the state of affairs in 1945 - from the moment the Red Army invaded the city in January 1945 to December of the very same year. Where necessary the events from the first half of the 1946 were shown.
So as to have better comprehension of the situation of Gliwice in 1945, one need to take into account the significance of the earliest history of the city and region, therefore the first chapter portrays the character of Gliwice against a background of the city history in Piast Country, subsequently in Saint Waclaw realm, Habsburg monarchy, than in the Prussian country, and eventually - more exhaustively described - in the III Reich. The subsequent chapters describe the period of The Red Army Military Headquarter supervision in the initial months of 1945, as well as intricate conditions of coexistence of Polish civil administration, German Antifascist Committee and Russian Military Authorities. The main subject matters analyzed in respective chapters are: the level of security, damages, the rate of ravages and robberies, homicides and violence of victorious soldiers. Besides, the book describes the early stage of political life in the reality of constructing the country dominated by striving for power communist, the process of the city polonization conducted by order of superior authority, often violently implemented, the national verification of hitherto inhabitants, the flow of Polish people ejected and displaced from previous Eastern Borderlands as well as re-housing of Germans. The presented issues still have crucial influence on the city image. They decided about the city distinctiveness in the second part of 20th century, image and the foundations of growth as well as traditions cultivated by contemporary dwellers of Gliwice. The issues under discussion are still topical, even though they were infrequently solidly put through historical analysis. The book is an expression of opinion in present-day debate about „natives” and „aliens” in Upper Silesia, the conditions and failures of the Polish nationalistic and integration policy after II World War, methods and means of ^reinforcing communal authority” and finally the stereotype of „Polish - Russian friendship”. Simultaneously, the essay destroys the typecast of „Pole - the Conqueror”, who was supposed to approach the western lands with joy and enthusiasm. The new dwellers, who were forced to leave previous houses, commonly found it hard to adjust themselves to new environment. The meeting of local contrast cultures was doomed to inspire antagonism. Strives of various backgrounds and consequences commonly took place between the settlers from the east and native Silesians. The book concludes its description at the turn of 1945, which according to the author is the final phase of the first stage of integration of Gliwice with the Polish country. The process of displacing the German inhabitants of the city behind the new Polish western borders was intensified and at the same time the new settlers were becoming more and more involved in social and political issues. New problems, characteristic for the whole country, escalated. Furthermore the difficulties, which entailed from the specific Upper Silesian character of the city, were still dissolved. The turn of the 1945 and the beginning of the 1946 introduced a new stage to the city.
The book is addressed to all people interested in the city and region history, as well as the complex nationalistic problems of Upper Silesia. The author’s intention is to make book not only attractive for scientist, he aims also to inspire discussion on the local history among previous and contemporary dwellers of the city, and what is more the book should be useful when obtaining knowledge about region history.
1945 was a turning - point for entire Europe. The post - war Europe entered entirely new stage due to such events as: military failure of the III Reich, conferences of the leaders of authoritative empires, mass migrations, re-housing and deportations, political and social transformations of the countries, which got under the domination of the victorious Red Army. For the duration of the respective period, radical transformations of political and nationalistic relations took place on the Upper Silesia. The offensive of the Red Army in January forced the German Army to back out; the victors’ encroachment to the city was followed by escape and evacuation of vast number of inhabitants. Since the front had become stabilized, the Military Headquarter of the Red Army took over the authority of the city and the district, and was the sole administrator of the invaded territory up till March 1945. As soon as the Polish administration had arrived to the city, in March 1945, the process of integration of the City with Poland was initiated. The opening balance - sheet was characterized by borders displacement, uncertain political situation, enormous biologic losses, war damages of properties and disorganization of general and economic administration. The premise of the transformations was the decision of victorious coalition to move the pre - war border of Republic of Poland to the west. This experiment had strong effect on the Germans, Silesians and Polish dwellers of Gliwice, moreover it influenced the inhabitants of the Eastern Borderlands of pre - war Poland who, in the second part of 1945, had been arriving to the City. Hence „The last year - the first year” exemplifies a turning - point in the history of Gliwice, for it had decisive sway on immediate change of the national, social and political character of the city.
The book is the result of many years of the research commenced by the author during historic studies on Jagiellonian University in Krakow and carried on after his graduation. The interpretation of the year 1945 in Gliwice was based on extensive source analysis. The author resorted to the archival sources kept in National Register Office in Katowice, National Register Office in Katowice subsidiary in Gliwice, Registry of Security Delegacy Office, National Reminiscence Institute Register Office in Katowice. The archival assignments were supplemented with press research based on the newspapers, which were published in 1945 such as: „Dziennik Zachodni” (Western Daily), „Gazeta Robotnicza” (Workers’ Newspaper), „Trybuna Slaska” (Silesian Tribune), „Trybuna Robotnicza” (Workers’ Tribune) and „Gosc Niedzielny” (Sunday Guest). Moreover, the author enriches the paper with the interviews he made with the eyewitnesses of the described events. Many of the availed documents and photos were drawn from private collections, thus for the first time they were laid bare. Additionally, records of the proceedings, statistical sources in print and elaborations concerning post - II war Gliwice and Upper Silesia were used in the book.
The book has chronological - problematical structure and is composed of seven chapters. The author referred to the most recent administrative division of the city as the starting - point to territorial
analysis. If necessary, he borrowed information from the events, which took place in Gliwice district, directly by urban agglomeration, or by analogy in nearby cities: Zabrze and Bytom. The last two, similarly to Gliwice were part of Germany before 1939. The chronological turn refers to the state of affairs in 1945 - from the moment the Red Army invaded the city in January 1945 to December of the very same year. Where necessary the events from the first half of the 1946 were shown.
So as to have better comprehension of the situation of Gliwice in 1945, one need to take into account the significance of the earliest history of the city and region, therefore the first chapter portrays the character of Gliwice against a background of the city history in Piast Country, subsequently in Saint Waclaw realm, Habsburg monarchy, than in the Prussian country, and eventually - more exhaustively described - in the III Reich. The subsequent chapters describe the period of The Red Army Military Headquarter supervision in the initial months of 1945, as well as intricate conditions of coexistence of Polish civil administration, German Antifascist Committee and Russian Military Authorities. The main subject matters analyzed in respective chapters are: the level of security, damages, the rate of ravages and robberies, homicides and violence of victorious soldiers. Besides, the book describes the early stage of political life in the reality of constructing the country dominated by striving for power communist, the process of the city polonization conducted by order of superior authority, often violently implemented, the national verification of hitherto inhabitants, the flow of Polish people ejected and displaced from previous Eastern Borderlands as well as re-housing of Germans. The presented issues still have crucial influence on the city image. They decided about the city distinctiveness in the second part of 20th century, image and the foundations of growth as well as traditions cultivated by contemporary dwellers of Gliwice. The issues under discussion are still topical, even though they were infrequently solidly put through historical analysis. The book is an expression of opinion in present-day debate about „natives” and „aliens” in Upper Silesia, the conditions and failures of the Polish nationalistic and integration policy after II World War, methods and means of ^reinforcing communal authority” and finally the stereotype of „Polish - Russian friendship”. Simultaneously, the essay destroys the typecast of „Pole - the Conqueror”, who was supposed to approach the western lands with joy and enthusiasm. The new dwellers, who were forced to leave previous houses, commonly found it hard to adjust themselves to new environment. The meeting of local contrast cultures was doomed to inspire antagonism. Strives of various backgrounds and consequences commonly took place between the settlers from the east and native Silesians. The book concludes its description at the turn of 1945, which according to the author is the final phase of the first stage of integration of Gliwice with the Polish country. The process of displacing the German inhabitants of the city behind the new Polish western borders was intensified and at the same time the new settlers were becoming more and more involved in social and political issues. New problems, characteristic for the whole country, escalated. Furthermore the difficulties, which entailed from the specific Upper Silesian character of the city, were still dissolved. The turn of the 1945 and the beginning of the 1946 introduced a new stage to the city.
The book is addressed to all people interested in the city and region history, as well as the complex nationalistic problems of Upper Silesia. The author’s intention is to make book not only attractive for scientist, he aims also to inspire discussion on the local history among previous and contemporary dwellers of the city, and what is more the book should be useful when obtaining knowledge about region history.
Działalność izb wytrzeźwień w PRL na przykładzie Gliwic. / Activity of sobering-up stations in the People's Republic of Poland on the example of Gliwice.
Artykuł przedstawia problem nakładania się warstw związanych z funkcjonowaniem cmentarza i pomieszczonej na cmentarzu szkoły w Gliwicach. Autorzy przedstawiają ten swoisty przekładaniec odkryty podczas badań archeologicznych, wspieranych... more
Artykuł przedstawia problem nakładania się warstw związanych z funkcjonowaniem cmentarza i pomieszczonej na cmentarzu szkoły w Gliwicach. Autorzy przedstawiają ten swoisty przekładaniec odkryty podczas badań archeologicznych, wspieranych konsultacjami historycznymi i architektonicznymi.
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- Archeology, Gliwice, historia miast
Arena Gliwice – pozytywne rezultaty dla miasta i jego mieszkańców to raport prezentujący pierwsze 30 miesięcy działalności obiektu. Raport powstał w celu podsumowania ponad dwóch lat działania Areny Gliwice – zaprezentowania jej... more
Arena Gliwice – pozytywne rezultaty dla miasta i jego mieszkańców to raport prezentujący pierwsze 30 miesięcy działalności obiektu. Raport powstał w celu podsumowania ponad dwóch lat działania Areny Gliwice – zaprezentowania jej filozofii, realizowanej misji i wizji, wyznawanych wartości, roli, jaką przewiduje dla siebie w ramach gliwickiej społeczności, a przede wszystkim wypracowanych efektów.
Description of experiencesfrom the course on “Revitalization of urban post-mining areas” elaborated by the authors and run within the framework of the program: Education of specialists in post-mining sites management in the Polish-Czech... more
Description of experiencesfrom the course on “Revitalization of urban post-mining areas” elaborated by the authors and run within the framework of the program: Education of specialists in post-mining sites management in the Polish-Czech border area. The program was implemented in 2013-2015 by the Silesian University of Technology and Technical University in Ostrava, with the financial support from the European Regional Development Fund. The main objective was to make specialists from different fields sensitive to spatial aspects of revitalization, to facilitate future interdisciplinary cooperation of persons who do not have architectural and urban planning background. The authors focused on exposing specific aspects of revitalization by means of particular case studies and simulations of the design
method in the form of workshops, with reference to the Design Thinking methodology. Role-playing elaborated by the authors was used in the generation of developmental scenarios, in which course participants assumed the point of view of different stakeholders of revitalization processes.
method in the form of workshops, with reference to the Design Thinking methodology. Role-playing elaborated by the authors was used in the generation of developmental scenarios, in which course participants assumed the point of view of different stakeholders of revitalization processes.
Na przykładzie miasta Gliwice określono problematykę zamieszkania w obszarach miejskich w kontekście podziału miasta na strefy w teorii transektu. Zaprezentowano uproszczony eksperyment badawczy, będący próbą określenia zależności... more
Na przykładzie miasta Gliwice określono problematykę zamieszkania w obszarach miejskich w kontekście podziału miasta na strefy w teorii transektu. Zaprezentowano uproszczony eksperyment badawczy, będący próbą określenia zależności pomiędzy lokalizacją miejsca zamieszkania a liczbą odbywanych podróży.
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Hippies on the Rawa and Kłodnica Rivers, [w:] Totalitarianism in the Borderland. Ethnicity, Politics, and Culture in the Industrial Area of Upper Silesia (1933-1989), edited by Adam Dziurok, Adam Dziuba, Sebastian Rosenbaum, Bogusław... more
Hippies on the Rawa and Kłodnica Rivers, [w:] Totalitarianism in the Borderland. Ethnicity, Politics, and Culture in the Industrial Area of Upper Silesia (1933-1989), edited by Adam Dziurok, Adam Dziuba, Sebastian Rosenbaum, Bogusław Tracz, Special Issue of CzasyPismo, The Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, Katowice–Warszawa 2019
Kiedy w lutym 1946 r. generał broni Leon Berbecki podjął decyzję o powrocie do kraju, nie przypuszczał zapewne, jakim przeciwnościom przyjdzie mu stawić czoła. Miał już 71 lat, ale jeszcze dość sił, a przede wszystkim chęci, by czynnie... more
Kiedy w lutym 1946 r. generał broni Leon Berbecki podjął decyzję o powrocie do kraju, nie przypuszczał zapewne, jakim przeciwnościom przyjdzie mu stawić czoła. Miał już 71 lat, ale jeszcze dość sił, a przede wszystkim chęci, by czynnie zaangażować się w pracę i życie publiczne. Po krótkim pobycie w Warszawie przyjechał na Górny Śląsk, do Gliwic. Miał nadzieję otrzymać posadę na Politechnice Śląskiej. Niebawem jednak okazało się, że w powojennej Polsce nie ma miejsca dla sanacyjnego generała.
S t r e s z c z e n i e W artykule przedstawiono doświadczenia z autorskiego bloku warsztatowego „Rewitalizacja urbanistyczna terenów pogórniczych”, prowadzonego w ramach programu Edukacja specjalistów z zakresu zarządzania terenami... more
S t r e s z c z e n i e W artykule przedstawiono doświadczenia z autorskiego bloku warsztatowego „Rewitalizacja urbanistyczna terenów pogórniczych”, prowadzonego w ramach programu Edukacja specjalistów z zakresu zarządzania terenami pogórniczymi na pograniczu polsko-czeskim. Program realizowany był przez Politechnikę Śląską i Uniwersytet Techniczny w Ostrawie w latach 2013-2015 i współfinansowany ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego. Celem warsztatów było przekazanie podstawowej wiedzy związanej z przestrzennymi aspektami rewitalizacji terenów pogórniczych osobom reprezentującym różne dziedziny, nie mającym przygotowania architektonicznego i urbanistycznego tak, by ułatwić przyszłą współpracę z urbanistami i architektami, w ramach interdyscyplinarnych wyzwań związanych z rewitalizacją terenów pogórniczych. Autorzy skoncentrowali się na pokazaniu specyfiki przestrzennych aspektów rewitalizacji na konkretnych przykładach oraz zaznajomieniu uczestników ze specyfiką me...