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Cases in Poland

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Cases
10
Years
2776 BCE to 2016
Region
Europe
Main subjects
European families, Military families, Literature and art, States and spies
Updated
30 October 2026
Zdzisław Beksiński: Zdzisław Beksiński i Piotr Dmochowski (28.06.2003) (cropped)2005 · Warsaw, PolandZdzisław Beksiński was stabbed to death in his Warsaw flat in February 2005 by the 19-year-old son of his aide, after refusing a loanZdzisław Beksiński, 75, was found dead in his Warsaw apartment on 22 February 2005. He had been stabbed repeatedly in the head and chest; secondary sources count 17 wounds, two fatal.krakowpost.com and 4 moreRyszard Kukliński - Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach (8): Warszawa, Powązki Wojskowe2004 · Tampa, Florida, USA; Warsaw, PolandPolish colonel Ryszard Kukliński passed 40,000 pages to the CIA, was sentenced to death in absentia, and lost both sons within months in 1994Ryszard Kukliński was a colonel on the Polish General Staff.eng.ipn.gov.pl and 2 moreAdam Karol Czartoryski: Adam karol czartoryski2016 · Kraków, PolandPrince Adam Karol Czartoryski sold his family's collection to Poland for €100 million, the money went to Liechtenstein, and he sued his daughterThe Czartoryski collection began with Princess Izabela Czartoryska's museum at Puławy, housed in the Temple of Memory, built from 1798 to 1801.nik.gov.pl and 4 moreGebhard Leberecht von Blücher: Field Marshal Prince von Blucher1819 · Krieblowitz, Silesia (now Krobielowice, Poland)Soviet soldiers emptied Blücher's mausoleum in 1945, and his family lost the Silesian estateIn 1814 Frederick William III created Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Prince of Wahlstatt and gave him the Krieblowitz estate near Breslau. Blücher died there on 12 September 1819. His embalmed body was placed in a church crypt.tvn24.pl and 3 moreJanusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655): Portrait of Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655).1967 · WarsawPrince Janusz Radziwiłł lost about 43,700 hectares to Soviet and communist seizure, and his wife died in NKVD custodyJanusz Radziwiłł was born in Berlin in 1880 into one of the richest families of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was Polish foreign minister in 1920-1921 and later a senator.przystanekhistoria.pl and 6 moreMoïse Kouamé: Moïse Kouamé (2026 US Open) 02 (cropped)1935 · Paris, France; Auschwitz, PolandMoïse de Camondo left his Paris house to France in memory of his son; the Nazis deported his daughter and grandchildren, and his ex-wife sold her Renoir portraitIsaac Camondo founded a bank in Istanbul in 1802, and it became one of the most important in the Ottoman Empire. Moïse de Camondo, born there in 1860, came to Paris with his parents in 1869.madparis.fr and 6 morePaul von Hindenburg: Paul v. Hindenburg1934 · Neudeck, East Prussia (now Ogrodzieniec, Poland)Hindenburg's Neudeck estate was put in his son's name, and Hitler's government added tax-free landThe Hindenburg family had held Neudeck since 1755. By 1927 the estate was in debt. Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau raised money, mainly from the Reich Association of German Industry and the Reichslandbund, and bought it back.text-message.blogs.archives.gov and 5 moreFrédéric Chopin: Frederic Chopin photo1849 · Paris, France; heart at Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, PolandChopin's sister smuggled his heart into Warsaw, an SS officer took it in 1944, and scientists examined it in 2014 without opening the jarFrédéric Chopin died in Paris in 1849. He feared being buried alive and wrote that since "this cough will choke me", he wanted his body opened. He asked that his heart be taken to Poland.Smithsonian Magazine and 1 moreMapa podziału Księstwa Polskiego w 1102: The map of division of Polish Duchy in 1102, after death of Władysław I Herman.1138 · Płock, PolandBolesław III had his half-brother blinded, then split Poland among his sons in 1138, and the country stayed divided for about two centuriesBolesław III Krzywousty was born on 20 August 1086, son of Duke Władysław Herman. After his father died in 1102, he fought his half-brother Zbigniew for the country.zpe.gov.pl and 2 moreGlobular amphora burial 1: Globular Amphora culture tomb - stone cist grave2776 BCE · Koszyce, southern PolandFifteen members of one family were killed with blows to the head at Koszyce, and the fathers who were missing from the grave appear to have buried themIn 2011 archaeologists near the village of Koszyce in southern Poland excavated a grave holding 15 people: women, children and young men. Every one had been killed by blows to the head, possibly in a raid on their settlement.europepmc.org and 2 more