Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
I don't know the precise dates of all of these images, but they are all early 20th century and during the time of German rule.
Ethnic map from 1860
A Third-Reich era postcard from the village of Sczedrzik renamed "Hitlersee"
Source: http://www.germanpostalhistory.com/
Dylocken
Source: http://fotopolska.eu/
Zandowitz
Source: http://www.zedowice.pl/
Ethnic map from 1860
A Third-Reich era postcard from the village of Sczedrzik renamed "Hitlersee"
Source: http://www.germanpostalhistory.com/
Dylocken
Source: http://fotopolska.eu/
Zandowitz
Source: http://www.zedowice.pl/
Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Ostdorf
Alt Schalkowitz-Alt Schalkendorf
Rosmierz-Angerbach
Reichsarbeitsdienst badge from Malapane
Source: http://fotopolska.eu/
Alt Schalkowitz-Alt Schalkendorf
Rosmierz-Angerbach
Reichsarbeitsdienst badge from Malapane
Source: http://fotopolska.eu/
Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Hitlersee - church records from 1945. First written in German:
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 531228.jpg
then Polish and German:
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 543017.jpg
then just Polish:
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 567586.jpg
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 627298.jpg
Ellguth German war memorial in Hitlersee
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 531228.jpg
then Polish and German:
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 543017.jpg
then just Polish:
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 567586.jpg
http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/201 ... 627298.jpg
Ellguth German war memorial in Hitlersee
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THE CHILDREN OF BRESLAU
"They sacrificed their life for their city they did not defend up to end war 1945 against a tenfold supremacy.
They were 12-16 years old. They fought and did not for Hitler or "Nazi". They fought and did for their family and your
hometown, sice over 500 years capital of the German Schlesien. They are forgotten. Without grave, stone or board.
Only this painting reminds of the children of Breslau."
This picture depicts children of the city of Breslau desperately defending against a twenty-fold Soviet superiority. They never gave up. They never surrendered. The defense of Breslau ceased ONLY after the war had been officially declared over. The unequalled heroism of these children as they were defending their home and hearth, their mothers and sisters, has been practically forgotten
Painted by the contemporary German artist Herbert Smagon
source: http://www.art-smagon.com/
http://www.germancross.com
"They sacrificed their life for their city they did not defend up to end war 1945 against a tenfold supremacy.
They were 12-16 years old. They fought and did not for Hitler or "Nazi". They fought and did for their family and your
hometown, sice over 500 years capital of the German Schlesien. They are forgotten. Without grave, stone or board.
Only this painting reminds of the children of Breslau."
This picture depicts children of the city of Breslau desperately defending against a twenty-fold Soviet superiority. They never gave up. They never surrendered. The defense of Breslau ceased ONLY after the war had been officially declared over. The unequalled heroism of these children as they were defending their home and hearth, their mothers and sisters, has been practically forgotten
Painted by the contemporary German artist Herbert Smagon
source: http://www.art-smagon.com/
http://www.germancross.com
Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Hi pofoka,
Very interesting but Breslau is in Lower Silesia [Niederschlesien].
Very interesting but Breslau is in Lower Silesia [Niederschlesien].
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It is in the middleCerdic wrote:Hi pofoka,
Very interesting but Breslau is in Lower Silesia [Niederschlesien].
Yeah, you're right!
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Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Old postcards of the Upper Silesian village of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde). The village my ancestor Johann Warzecha was born in 1826, he came to Texas in 1855.
http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/54/54158.jpg
http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_1.jpg
http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/54/54158.jpg
http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_1.jpg
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German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
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The German War Memorial in the Upper Silesian village of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde). Josef Warzecha, Paul Mehlan, and August Mehlan, were distant relatives of mine. They died fighting for the Third Reich during World War 2.
http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
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German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
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Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Old postcards of the Upper Silesian village of Szczedrzyk, which was known as Sczedrzik, during Prussian and Imperial German times, the village was renamed to Hitlersee, during the Third Reich.
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/38/38714.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/41/41056.jpg
http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... rzyk_1.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/38/38711.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/38/38714.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/41/41056.jpg
http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... rzyk_1.jpg
http://fotopolska.eu/foto/38/38711.jpg
German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
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Old postcard of the Upper Silesian village of Pluznica Wielka, known as Gross Pluschnitz, during Prussian and Imperial German times. The name of the village was changed to Marklinden, during the Third Reich.
Old picture of Wilhelm Schmiga's Gastwirtschaft (Restaurant) in the Upper Silesian village of Pluznica Wielka (Gross Pluschnitz/Marklinden). The beer sign on the building is from the Schloss Brauerei, made in the nearby town of Tost, now called Toszek.
Old picture of Wilhelm Schmiga's Gastwirtschaft (Restaurant) in the Upper Silesian village of Pluznica Wielka (Gross Pluschnitz/Marklinden). The beer sign on the building is from the Schloss Brauerei, made in the nearby town of Tost, now called Toszek.
German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
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Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
The Warzecha Muhle (Warzecha Mill) was originally located in the Upper Silesian village of Stare Siolkowice, which was named Alt Schalkowitz in Prussian and Imperial German times, the village was renamed Alt Schalkendorf during the Third Reich. The Warzecha Mill was relocated to the Opole/Oppeln suburb of Bierkowice, to the open air museum of rural architecture from the Opole region.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/phot ... 206236.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _wodny.JPG
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/phot ... 206236.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _wodny.JPG
German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
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Judging by the website, it seems the people in Stare Siołkowice are still proud of that watermill despite the fact it was taken away.
Interestingly, the village is 800 years old, and even managed to establish a colony in Brazil.
Interestingly, the village is 800 years old, and even managed to establish a colony in Brazil.
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Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Old pictures and postcard of the Upper Silesian village of Himmelwitz, today called Jemielnica.
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German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
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Thanks Paul, nice informations on that 3rd card. Love to read old cards.
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Re: Upper Silesia - pictures and postcards
Old postcards of the Upper Silesian village of Zebowice, known as Zembowitz during Prussian and Imperial German times, the village was renamed Fohrendorf during the Third Reich.
German War Memorial in Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://i.imgur.com/l3v8Rcl.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg
Old Postcard of Biestrzynnik (Biestrzinnik/Ringwalde)http://www.ozimek.pl/static/img/k01/not ... nnik_2.jpg