Fordon, Bydgoszcz

In those times there was located an important defensive castle which was eventually fired and destroyed in 1330 by the Teutonic Knights.

At some point, Fordon belonged to the Grand Duchy of Posen and later under direct Prussian control.

It is estimated that during World War II German soldiers killed from 1200 to 3000 people, mainly Poles and Jews, in the Death Valley of Fordon (Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz)).

It had a population of 3,514 people and manufactured such things as cement and paper.

Apeiron ISBN 83-919091-1-5 & Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Dolnej Wisły ISBN 83-919299-5-7, Bydgoszcz 2005 My Odyssey "Моя Одисея" Irena Tymoszko-Kaminska, Chicago 2005 page 286, ISBN 83-86112-21-2, Oficyna Wydawnicza UKAR 02-588 Warszawa 48, skr.poczt.156