85 years ago, Hitler ordered a reconstruction. Traces of Polishness were to vanish from Poznań.

On July 12, 1940, 10 months after German troops entered Poznań, the Monument of Gratitude was no longer in the city. The reconstruction of the Castle and the construction of a war bunker were already underway. Swastikas waved in the streets, and Nazis marched down Święty Marcin Street, renamed Schlossfreiheit. At that time, Adolf Hitler signed a decree on the reconstruction of Poznań. It was intended to be a model, Germanic city. Fortunately, the Germans did not manage to implement the plan. On February 23, 1945, Poznań was returned to Poland.