[2] The town was subjected to anti-Polish policies including Germanisation, however it remained a center of Polish resistance, and Poles established various organizations.

[2] In the 1920s Polish nun Ursula Ledóchowska, today considered a saint of the Catholic Church, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in Pniewy.

[2] Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany.

During the German occupation, the Polish population was subjected to expulsions, confiscation of property, deportations to concentration camps and to forced labour,[2] and executions.

Ignacy Hulka, commander of the Lwówek-Pniewy unit of the Union of Armed Struggle, was arrested by the Gestapo on 14 October 1942 and subjected to brutal interrogations during which he died a week later.

Halluin (France), Lübbenau and Oer - Erkenschwick (Germany), North - Tyneside (The UK), Kocevje (Slovenia), Radków and Kościerzyna (Poland).