The aim of this text was to verify the current state of research and broaden the knowledge concerning late medieval tombstones from the area of contemporary Poland. Relatively verified readings of epigraphic inscriptions from three tombstones: one from Siedlnica and two from Żagań, have been read and published in it for the very first time. The tombstone from Siedlnica from 1448 is so far the oldest registered tombstone with a German inscription from the area of the Kingdom of Poland in the period before 1454–1466 (until the incorporation of Prussia). It was already known, but the reading of the inscription’s content was unsatisfactory. A similar verification was carried out in the case of Katharina von Miltitz’s tombstone plate from Żagań dating back to 1479. It was also known to previous researchers of the issue. Whereas, the Jakob Lichtenberg’s tombstone from 1419, developed by us, was introduced into the scientific circulation for the first time. In addition to strictly epigraphic knowledge, a better elaboration of these sources also enriches the knowledge in the field of prosopography and genealogy of people who have been commemorated by them.
Racial, national and Germanization policies of the Third Reich, as well as resettlement activities are well described in the literature, but mainly in terms of general statistics. However, there is no detailed information on the camps themselves. Archival material constituting documentation of camp activities has not survived in most cases, but research opportunities are provided by the surviving parish register entries in register offices, which are gradually becoming available to researchers. Out of 26 camps in the Pomeranian province (Gau Pommern), the camp in Złotów (German Flatow) has been selected for the purpose of analysing the surviving parish register entries: births, marriages and deaths at the local register office. The entries included the names of 191 persons who stayed in the Złotów camp (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle-Lager “Generalfeldmarschall Graf von Roon” Flatow). These sources revealed several aspects of living inside the camp and showed problems that the Lithuanian resettlers faced, usually without sufficient knowledge of the German language. These included complete isolation, restriction of their life space to the camp area, lack of clearly defined prospects, and a radical change in the German resettlement policy, which for the camp residents meant returning to Lithuania, yet not to their former homes, but to areas indicated by the German occupation administration.