Editing Lubin (section)

===Late modern period and World War II===
Conquered in the [[Silesian Wars]] by King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] in the mid-18th century, the town became a part of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and later, in 1871, Germany. In 1871, after creation of the [[German Empire]], it was connected by rail to [[Legnica]] (Liegnitz) and [[Głogów]] (Glogau). In reports on their parishes at the end of the 18th century, local pastors wrote about native Poles, who spoke a local dialect of the Polish language. The native Polish population was subjected to planned [[Germanisation]], which lasted until the 1930s. A labour camp of the [[Reich Labour Service]] was operated in the town under [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenhumbergreinhard.de/1933-1945-lager/rad-abteilungen/x-niederschlesien.html|title=X Niederschlesien|access-date=25 September 2022|language=de}}</ref>

During [[World War II]] about 70% of the town's buildings were destroyed. In 1945 between the days of 8–10 February [[Red Army]] soldiers mass-murdered 150 German pensioners in an old-people's home and 500 psychiatric hospital patients in Lubin.<ref>[http://www.zs2lubin.edu.pl/2.html Lubin's history]</ref> The city eventually became again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed [[People's Republic of Poland|communist regime]], which stayed in power until the 1980s. The remaining German population of the city was [[Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II|either expelled]] in accordance with the [[Potsdam Agreement]], or prohibited from returning home by the communist authorities.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}