and Schwerin became part of the Province of Brandenburg. During World War II, in 1939 and 1940, a German concentration camp for Poles operated in the town. The town was part of Germany until occupation by the Red Army on 31 January 1945. At the end of World War II the town became again part of Poland per the Potsdam Agreement, however with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which then stayed in power until the Fall of Communism in the 1980s. The first post-war mayor was local Pole Stanisław Runge. The remaining pre-war Polish inhabitants were joined by Poles displaced from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. The first such group of 800 Poles arrived in Skwierzyna on June 6, 1945, from Klewań in Volhynia. Skwierzyna became a garrison town of the Polish Army. In 1970 a monument of King Władysław II Jagiełło was unveiled. In 2010 and 2011 the town was hit by floods. Sights Main historic landmarks are the town hall and the Gothic church of Saint Nicholas with the Our Lady of Klewań, a venerated icon, which makes Skwierzyna a regional Christian pilgrimage site. The Ulica Marszałka Piłsudskiego ("Marshal Piłsudski Street") filled with historic townhouses and shops is the town's pedestrian zone. The Military Museum Atena is located in the town. Sports The local football team is . It competes in the lower leagues. Notable people Johann Christian Metzig (1804–1868), physician Johann Gottfried Piefke (1817–1884), musician and composer (Preußens Gloria) Sebastian Świderski (born 1977), volleyball player Twin towns – sister cities See twin towns of Gmina Skwierzyna. Gallery References External links Skwierzyna Skwierzyna Virtual tour of Skwierzyna Jewish Community in Skwierzyna on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in Lubusz Voivodeship Międzyrzecz County