Anniversary of Kalisz's demolition by the Germans. The city's hell began with a... frightened horse.
Today in our calendar we will look at German actions at the dawn of planet War I. It turns out that they already had murderous instincts that full revealed themselves during the next war.
Fire continued all night. The next morning, the Germans entered the center again and robbed what left any value. The remaining structures were set on fire. The deliberate demolition of the city's construction and repression against its inhabitants continued until 22 August.
The failure balance was terrible. The majority of downtown Kalisz, including the Medieval Main marketplace Square, was destroyed. Most of the calishan escaped. Of the 70,000 pre-war residents, only 5,000 remained in the city at the end of 1914.
The demolition of the city increased among the Polish society and the already large dislike of the Germans. They were widely feared and even began to solidarity with the Tsaric army that fought with Germany.
“Get out of the cabin. Let it taste Kalishanka" – Propaganda Postcard of 1915.A akin destiny to Kalisz met many cities on the Western Front. Germany has brutally pacified Belgian and French cities since the first hours of implementation Schlieffen's plan. There was a rumor among the soldiers about a Belgian priest who was about to brutally slaughter an innocent infantryman. There have been a number of murders on clergy representatives and local intelligence. The demolition of Belgian Leuven grew to a rank akin to the Kalisz symbol. It burned down the 1425 library, which collected as many as 280 1000 valuable books and manuscripts.
Previous entry from our calendar is available Here.
