Kostrzyn [ˈkɔstʂɨn] is a town in Poland , seat of Gmina Kostrzyn in the Poznań County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , with 9,041 inhabitants (2010).
11-515: Kostrzyn may refer to: Kostrzyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship , a town in Poland, seat of Gmina Kostrzyn Kostrzyn, Masovian Voivodeship , a village in east-central Poland Kostrzyn nad Odrą , a town in western Poland See also [ edit ] Gmina Kostrzyn [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
22-709: A detachment of Einsatzkommando 14 entered Kostrzyn, then gathered all the Polish men at the Market Square and carried out beatings and selection of 100 prisoners, who were eventually sent on foot to a newly established camp in Swarzędz . That day and in the days that followed, the Germans carried out further murders of local Poles. On October 20, 1939, the Germans carried out a public execution of 28 Poles, including teachers, school principals, merchants, craftsmen, etc. It
33-750: A short-lived auxiliary police force in Nazi Germany in 1933. The term was later semi-officially used for various auxiliary organizations subordinated to the Ordnungspolizei as well as various military and paramilitary units set up during World War II in German-occupied Europe . Hermann Göring , newly appointed as Interior Minister of Prussia , established the Hilfspolizei on 22 February 1933 to assist regular police in maintaining order and later in handling communists in
44-580: The General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland . Most of the Germans responsible for the crimes against Poles in Kostrzyn fled the town before the approaching Eastern Front and escaped justice. The supermarket chain Biedronka is headquartered in Kostrzyn. Hilfspolizei The Hilfspolizei ( HiPo or Hipo ; meaning "auxiliary police") was
55-510: The early Columbia and Dachau concentration camps . The SS-Totenkopfverbände grew out of this formation. The force was disbanded in August 1933 due to international protests that the units violated the disarmament provisions of the Treaty of Versailles , Adolf Hitler 's growing distrust of SA, and outliving its purpose during the consolidation of the new Nazi régime. The term Hilfspolizei
66-674: The region of Greater Poland , i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. It was a private church town, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province . In the Second Partition of Poland , in 1793, it was annexed by Prussia . After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806 , it
77-486: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kostrzyn&oldid=1168353866 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kostrzyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship As part of
88-428: The town and region with reborn Poland. The town formed a company of one hundred insurgents and a platoon of nearly forty, of whom eleven were killed in the uprising. Kostrzyn was reintegrated with Poland. At the start of World War II , the town was invaded by Germany on September 10, 1939. In the following days, the Germans carried out firsts arrests, beatings, tortures and murders of local Poles . On September 16,
99-693: The wake of the Reichstag fire . The organization quickly spread from Prussia to other German states and Hitler endorsed it in the Reichstag Fire Decree . The units were staffed mainly by members of Sturmabteilung (SA) and Allgemeine SS wearing SA or SS uniforms with a white brassard . It is estimated that the auxiliary units had 25,000 SA and 15,000 SS members. The units also included members of Der Stahlhelm veterans organization ( Der Stahlhelm ). The force carried out or organized numerous violent attacks against Nazi opponents and staffed
110-678: Was one of many massacres of Poles committed by Germany on October 20–23 across the region in attempt to pacify and terrorize the Polish population. In November 1939, the Hilfspolizei carried out further murders of local Poles. In late 1939, the German police carried out first expulsions of Poles , mainly families of Poles who were murdered or deported to concentration camps during the Intelligenzaktion , plus owners of workshops and better houses. Expelled Poles were deported to
121-473: Was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw . Following the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it was reannexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. The populace was subjected to Germanisation policies. Following World War I , in 1918, Poland regained independence and the Greater Poland uprising against Germany broke out, which goal was to reintegrate
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