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Bernard Śliwiński, the Glossary

Bernard Stanisław Śliwiński (1883-1941) was a Polish doctor of law, insurgent during the Greater Poland uprising, Lieutenant colonel in the Polish Armed Forces infantry, district commander of the state police, Mayor of Bydgoszcz and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari.^[1]

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Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) participants
Member of the Tomasz Zan Society
Military personnel from Bydgoszcz
Politicians from Bydgoszcz

Abitur

Abitur, often shortened colloquially to Abi, is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany.

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Activism

Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.

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Antependium

An antependium (from Latin ante- and pendēre, "to hang before";: antependia), also known as a pulpit fall, parament or hanging, or, when speaking specifically of the hanging for the altar, an altar frontal (Latin: pallium altaris), is a decorative piece, usually of textile, but also metalwork, stone or other material, that can adorn a Christian altar.

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Świecie

Świecie (Schwetz) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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Żnin

Żnin (Znin, 1941-45: Dietfurt) is a town in north-central Poland with a population of 14,181 (June 2014).

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Battle of the Bzura

The Battle of the Bzura (or the Battle of Kutno) was both the largest battle and Polish counter-attack of the German invasion of Poland and was fought from 9 to 19 September.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Brody

Brody (Броди; Brody; Brody; Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine.

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Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia.

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Bydgoszcz Canal

Bydgoszcz Canal (Bromberger Kanal; Kanał Bydgoski) is a 24.7 km long canal, between the cities of Bydgoszcz and Nakło in Poland, connecting the Vistula river with the river Oder, through the Brda and the Noteć rivers (the latter ending in the Warta river which itself ends in Oder).

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Bydgoszcz Cathedral

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Camp Fünfeichen

Camp Fünfeichen (Lager Fünfeichen) was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp located in Fünfeichen, a former estate within the city limits of Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg, northern Germany.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing.

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Cross of Independence

Cross of Independence (Krzyż Niepodległości) was the second highest Polish military decoration between World Wars I and II. Bernard Śliwiński and Cross of Independence are Recipients of the Cross of Independence.

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Cross of Valour (Poland)

The Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) is a Polish military decoration. Bernard Śliwiński and Cross of Valour (Poland) are Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland).

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District heating

District heating (also known as heat networks) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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German revolution of 1918–1919

The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (Novemberrevolution), was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I. It quickly and almost bloodlessly brought down the German Empire, then in its more violent second stage, the supporters of a parliamentary republic were victorious over those who wanted a soviet-style council republic.

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Germanisation

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture.

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Gostyń County

Gostyń County (powiat gostyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)

The Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska uprising of 1918–1919 (powstanie wielkopolskie 1918–1919 roku; Großpolnischer Aufstand) or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region (German: Grand Duchy of Posen or Provinz Posen) against German rule.

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Gymnasium (Germany)

Gymnasium (German plural: Gymnasien), in the German education system, is the most advanced and highest of the three types of German secondary schools, the others being Hauptschule (lowest) and Realschule (middle).

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Humboldt University of Berlin

The Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.

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Ignacy Mościcki

Ignacy Mościcki (1 December 18672 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939.

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Imperial German Army

The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Inowrocław

Inowrocław (Hohensalza; before 1904: Inowrazlaw; archaic: Jungleslau, Junges Leslau, Junge Leszlaw, Lesle or Lessle) is a city in central Poland with a total population of 70,713 in December 2021.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

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Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence is the philosophy and theory of law.

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Kiev offensive (1920)

The 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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Koronowo

Koronowo (Polish pronunciation:; Krone / Crone an der Brahe, archaic Polnisch Krone) is a town on the Brda River in Poland, located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 25 km from Bydgoszcz, with 11,029 inhabitants (2010).

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Lieutenant (Eastern Europe)

The rank of lieutenant in Eastern Europe (poručnik, poručík, porucznik, poruchik, poručnik, poručík) is one used in Slavophone armed forces.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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List of city mayors of Bydgoszcz

City mayor of Bydgoszcz (prezydent miasta Bydgoszczy) – is the head of the executive of Bydgoszcz. Bernard Śliwiński and List of city mayors of Bydgoszcz are politicians from Bydgoszcz.

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List of Polish people

This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people.

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Ludwik Regamey

Ludwik Regamey (1877-1967) was a Polish construction engineer by trade.

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Major (rank)

Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Municipal Theatre, Bydgoszcz

The Municipal Theatre of Bydgoszcz is a former theatre building which stood in Bydgoszcz, Poland from 1896 to 1946.

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National Defense (Poland)

National Defense (Obrona Narodowa, ON) was a volunteer military formation of the Second Polish Republic.

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National Democracy (Poland)

National Democracy (Narodowa Demokracja, also known from its abbreviation ND as Endecja) was a Polish political movement active from the second half of the 19th century under the foreign partitions of the country until the end of the Second Polish Republic.

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Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg (lit. New Brandenburg) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.

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Podpolkovnik

Podpolkovnik (regimentary) is a military rank in Slavic and nearby countries which corresponds to the lieutenant colonel in the English-speaking states and military.

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Polish Armed Forces (Second Polish Republic)

Polish Armed Forces (Wojsko Polskie) were the armed forces of the Second Polish Republic from 1919 until the demise of independent Poland at the onset of Second World War in September 1939.

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Polish Coal Trunk-Line

The Coal Trunk-Line (Magistrala Węglowa) is one of the most important rail connections in Poland.

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The Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) is a socialist political party in Poland.

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Polish–Soviet War

The Polish–Soviet War (late autumn 1918 / 14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic before it became a union republic in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution, on territories which were previously held by the Russian Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy following the Partitions of Poland.

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Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)

The Pomeranian Voivodeship or Pomorskie Voivodeship (Województwo Pomorskie) was an administrative unit of Interwar poland (from 1919 to 1939).

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Poniec

Poniec is a town in western Poland, situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.

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Poznań

Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region.

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Primary school

A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Śliwiński

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Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) participants

Member of the Tomasz Zan Society

Military personnel from Bydgoszcz

Politicians from Bydgoszcz

References