Policemen of Gdynia in the Second World War – the Fate of Officers after September 1939 Cover Image

Gdyńscy policjanci w II wojnie światowej – losy funkcjonariuszy po wrześniu 1939 roku
Policemen of Gdynia in the Second World War – the Fate of Officers after September 1939

Author(s): Tomasz Chinciński
Subject(s): Military history, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: State Police; World War II; lands annexed to the Reich; crime in Piaśnica; Katyn massacre;

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present the fate of the State Police officers from Gdynia during World War II, after the Germans occupied the city in September 1939. The policemen from Gdynia did not evacuate to the east in the first days of the war campaign, mostly remaining in their duty places. This situation had an impact on their fate during the occupation. Gdynia police officers became victims of repression by the German and Soviet occupiers.

  • Issue Year: 53/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 27-41
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish