Kołobrzeg nad Bałtykiem. Obraz miasta nadmorskiego na Ziemiach Odzyskanych po zakończeniu drugiej wojny światowej
Journal: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Year: 2014

The Baltic Sea has always played a vital part in the history of Poland. In the light of the resolutions of the Yalta Conference, Poland’s boarders were shifted, including Western Pomerania in its territory. In 1945 Kołobrzeg was the most severely destroyed city on that territory. The city was either already ablaze or set on fire by German gangs active at that time. All its pre-war functions were non-existent. The harbour was immobilized, the economic basis fell apart. The city was devoided of wa