Global InformationFranciszek Honiok information
Franciszek Honiok | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1896 |
| Died | August 31, 1939 Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Nazi Germany (today Gliwice, Poland) |
| Cause of death | shot by SS team |
Franciszek Honiok (1896 – 31 August 1939) was a Polish man who is famous for having been the first victim of World War II, on the evening of 31 August 1939.[1][2]
He was one of several victims of the Gleiwitz incident, a multi-part false flag operation contrived by German Schutzstaffel (SS) Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler and his deputy, Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, as a pretext for carrying out German Führer Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Poland.[3]
- ^ Lightbody, Bradley (31 July 2004). The Second World War: Ambitions to Nemesis (2004 ed.). Routledge. p. 304. ISBN 9781134592722.
- ^ Graham, Bob. "World War II's first victim". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "The Learning Network". The New York Times.