Serie zur Willicher Stadtgeschichte: Willich im Zweiten Weltkrieg Schiefbahn entging nur knapp der Zerstörung
Willich · 1. September 1939: In der Morgendämmerung überschreiten deutsche Truppen ohne Kriegserklärung die polnische Grenze. Ein Feldzug hat begonnen, der sich bald zu einem Krieg ausweiten wird — zum Zweiten Weltkrieg.

Das zerbombte Hotel zur Post am Willicher Markt nach dem Luftangriff vom 3. Juli 1944.
Foto: Stadtarchiv WillichDer Krieg, den Hitler-Deutschland gegen eine mehrfache Übermacht führt, wird in den Willicher Altgemeinden mehr als 1200 Menschen den Tod bringen, davon 92 Zivilisten. Einer von ihnen ist Ludwig Sczepaniak. Ein Deutscher in polnischer Uniform. Ein Mann zwischen zwei Völkern.
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