The Remains of German fortifications from World War II in Jabłonna. The area between the flood embankments and the Vistula River
On October, 28 1944, the military units of the 47th Red Army and the Polish troops of the 2nd Infantry Regiment captured Jabłonna
after heavy battles with the Nazi SS division “Totenkopf”. Several concrete machine gun positions remind us of the battles of 1944. These made the German line of defence impassable, between the flood embankments and the Vistula River, at the point of today’s street junction of Wałowa Str. and Jesienna Str.
What captures our attention is the machine gun position on a circular plan, directly on the flood embankments. On one of the fortifications situated close to the river, there is an original German inscription of the subunit constructing bunkers: 1. Komp. Bau Pi. Btl. 9, indicating the first construction company of the 9th Combat Engineers Battalion.
What captures our attention is the machine gun position on a circular plan, directly on the flood embankments. On one of the fortifications situated close to the river, there is an original German inscription of the subunit constructing bunkers: 1. Komp. Bau Pi. Btl. 9, indicating the first construction company of the 9th Combat Engineers Battalion.