Działania Freikorps Rossbach na przełomie 1918 i 1919 roku w regionie grudziądzkim

• Authors: Żebrowski Mariusz

Title variants

DE

Aktionen des Freikorps Rossbachs um die Wende 1918/1919 in der Graudenzer Region

EN

Rossbach unit’s activity in the Grudziądz region in 1918–1919

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

After the First World War, the structures of the Prussian state broke down. One of the people who opposed the capitulation tendencies of the Prussian Army, was Gerhard Rossbach. In Grupa near Grudziądz, he called into existence a new military formation, referred to as Grenzschutz. Oficially, the unit’s task was to protect the borders of the Prussian state. In fact, his actions, carried out under the guise of protection against alleged Polish uprising, resembled a private war against everything that was associated with Polishness. The actions of the Grenzschutz soldiers commanded by Rossbach, pacified the patriotic moods of Polish society in 1918–1919. The activities of the formation against Polish patriots in Brodnica, Wąbrzeźno or Chełmża, uncovered the ruthless character of this unit. Moreover, later actions of Rossbach’s soldiers in Courland, German territories, or the suppression of the Silesian uprising, only emphasized this character. It is also symptomatic that many of Rossbach’s veterans later became the organizers of Nazi paramilitary organizations such as the S.A. or the SS.

• Publisher: Muzeum w Grudziądzu
• Journal: Rocznik Grudziądzki
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 43-52

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Żebrowski Mariusz

• Muzeum w Grudziądzu