Okupacyjne piętno. Aparat instytucjonalny III Rzeszy w mieście powiatowym – casus Sieradza 1939–1945

Krzysztof Lesiakowski

doi:10.18778/8220-556-5

Occupational brand. The institutional apparatus of third Reich in the county town – illustration of Sieradz 1939–1945

Krzysztof Lesiakowski

Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydział Filozoficzno-Historyczny, Katedra Historii Polski i Świata po 1945 r.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6176-6064 (unauthenticated)

Publication:

City and War

Series: Faces of war

Pages: 229-252

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-556-5.13

Keywords: miasto garnizonowe, twierdza, fortyfikacje, wojna, powstanie warszawskie, Wojsko Polskie

Published: 10 November 2021

Categories: Archaeology, History, Other, Open Access

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Before World War II Sieradz was the average county town. During German occupation and after incorporation into Third Reich its position significantly increased. The expression of that was creating many institutions, which separated this city from other in similar size. Except county administration, municipal board and police in Sieradz, there were functioning the outpost of Gestapo, the prisoner-of-war camp and the severe jail, too. Through these institutions the German occupational policy was realized. Functioning of military hospital and weapons test site of Wermacht proclaimed the specificity of Sieradz, too. Except that, Nazis framed plans of city deep redevelopment and assimilation Sieradz to German cities. All of these institutions and plans served only Third Reich interests.

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Lesiakowski, Krzysztof. 2021. “Occupational Brand. The Institutional Apparatus of Third Reich in the County Town – Illustration of Sieradz 1939–1945”. In City and War, by Tomasz Gliniecki, edited by Witold Jarno and Jarosław Kita, 3:229-52. Faces of War. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-556-5.13.