 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati meHondo yeNyika II kubata kweNazi, Fort VIIyakava nomukurumbira wakashata somusasa wevasungwa weNazi, umo vanhu vokuPoland vanosvika 20 000 vakafa. Pakati pa1940 na1945, Fort Grolman neFort Rauch dzakaumba musimboti womusasa wevasungwa veHondo weStalag XXI-D. Muchikamu chekupedzisira chehondo Poznań yakaziviswa seimwe yemaguta akasimba Festungen ayo vaNazi vaida kudzivirira chero zvodii, uye saka zita rekuti Festung Posen rakamutsidzirwa. Nhare dzokunze dzakashandiswa kudzivirira guta panguva yeHondo yePoznań 1945, uye Fort Winiary yaiva nzvimbo yekupedzisira yekudzivirira kwevadziviriri, iyo reduit inotambura zvakakomba. Pashure pehondo nzvimbo yeFort Winiary yakachinjwa kuva paki yeCytadela. 