Editing Dąbrowa Górnicza (section)

===World War II===
[[File:Dabrowa Gornicza Paryz monument.jpg|thumb|upright|Memorial to local miners who were murdered by the Germans in [[Auschwitz]]]]
In September 1939, in the beginning of [[World War II]], the city was [[invasion of Poland|invaded by Germany]], and shortly afterwards the German ''[[Einsatzgruppen|Einsatzgruppe I]]'' operated in the city and committed various [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|crimes against the Polish population]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Warzecha|first=Bartłomiej|year=2003|title=Niemieckie zbrodnie na powstańcach śląskich w 1939 roku|magazine=Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej|language=pl|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|issue=12–1 (35–36)|page=56|issn=1641-9561}}</ref> Also in September 1939, [[Wehrmacht]] troops carried out a massacre of 14 [[Polish Scouting and Guiding Association|Polish boy scouts]] from nearby villages in the present-day district of [[Tucznawa]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wardzyńska |first=Maria |year=2009 |title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion |language=pl |location=Warszawa |publisher=IPN |page=135}}</ref> [[Polish people|Poles]] from Dąbrowa Górnicza were among the victims of massacres committed by the Germans in other places, including [[Sosnowiec]] on September 4, 1939 and [[Celiny, Tarnowskie Góry County|Celiny]] on June 4, 1940.<ref>Wardzyńska (2009), p. 135, 142</ref> Under [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation]] the city was annexed directly to Germany, and included within the [[Upper Silesia Province]]. At least 14 Polish policemen from Dąbrowa were murdered by the Russians in the large [[Katyn massacre]] in April–May 1940.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dabrowagornicza.naszemiasto.pl/uczcili-pamiec-pomordowanych-policjantow-w-sowieckich/ar/c1-6737829 |title=Uczcili pamięć pomordowanych policjantów w sowieckich obozach |website=Dąbrowa Górnicza Nasze Miasto |author=Magdalena Nowacka |date=21 September 2007 |accessdate=15 May 2021 |language=pl}}</ref> Further executions of Poles were carried out by the [[Germans]] during the war. Over 40 local Polish boy and girl scouts were killed by the Germans in various places, including the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] and during the [[Warsaw Uprising]] of 1944,<ref name=dpl/> and over 60 local miners were also murdered in Auschwitz. In October 1941, the occupiers [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] over 100 Poles, who were then sent to [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] either to Germany or to various factories in the region, while their houses were handed over to [[Germans|German]] colonists as part of the ''[[Lebensraum]]'' policy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|page=444|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}</ref> The Germans also operated the E513 and E543 forced labour subcamps of the [[Stalag VIII-B|Stalag VIII-B/344]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] at the local coal mine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html |title=Working Parties |website=Lamsdorf.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html |access-date=12 November 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> More than 4,000 local Jews were enclosed in a [[Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany|ghetto]], and later murdered in death camps. German occupation ended in 1945.