During the plebiscite held after World War I , 21,333 inhabitants ( 59 % ) of the Hindenburg commune voted to remain in Germany , while 14,873 ( 41 % ) voted for incorporation to Poland , which just regained its independence . In May 1921 the Third Silesian Uprising broke out and Hindenburg was captured by Polish insurgents , who held it until the end of the uprising . When Upper Silesia was divided between Poland and Germany in 1921 , the Hindenburg commune remained in Germany . It received its city charter in 1922 . Just five years after founding Hindenburg became the biggest city in German Upper Silesia and the second biggest City in German Silesia after Breslau . In the March 1933 elections , most of the citizens voted for the Nazi Party , followed by Zentrum and the Communist Party . Nazi politician Max Fillusch became the city 's mayor and remained in the position until 1945 . The town 's synagogue , that had stood since 1872 , was destroyed in the Kristallnacht pogroms of November 1938
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
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