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The Polish Post Office in Danzig comprised several buildings. As tensions between Poland and Germany grew, in April 1939 the Polish High Command detached combat engineer and Army Reserve Sublieutenant (or 2LT) Konrad Guderski (1900–1939) to the Baltic Sea coast.
The Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig (Gdańsk) was one of the first acts of World War II in Europe, as part of the Invasion of Poland. On September 1, 1939, Polish personnel defended the building for some 15 hours against assaults by the SS Heimwehr Danzig (SS Danzig Home Defense), local SA formations and special units of Danzig police.
Polish personnel defended the building for some 15 hours against assaults by the SS Heimwehr Danzig (SS Danzig Home Defence), local SA formations and special units of Danzig police. All but four of the defenders, who were able to escape from the building during the surrender, were sentenced to death by a German court martial as
The Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig (Gdańsk) was one of the first acts of World War II in Europe, as part of the Invasion of Poland.[1]:39,42 On September 1, 1939, Polish personnel defended the building for some 15 hours against assaults by the SS Heimwehr Danzig (SS Danzig Home...
The three Polish post offices were subject to the Republic and had the status of extraterritoriality. They ensured the free transmission of all kinds of mail and telephone and telegraph communication with Poland.
23 sty 2023 · With no other soldiers around, Guderski made Alfons Flisykowski, a worker at the Polish Post Office, his second-in-command. The pair set up a defensive perimeter around and inside the building by cutting down trees, to minimize cover for an invading force, and reinforcing all of the entrances.
On September 1, 1939, the Second World War begins and several dozen postmen defend the Polish Post Office in the Free City of Gdańsk, for them it is a bastion of Polish culture and identity. This exciting documentary film utilizes animated film technques in a unique way that presents this story.
