Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bytom na ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin juriya na Poland game da Jamusanci a Upper Silesia a cikin karni na 19, har zuwa tsakiyar karni na 20. An kafa ƙungiyoyin zamantakewar Poland, siyasa da al'adu a nan kuma suna aiki. Daga 1848, an buga jaridar "" a nan. Yaren mutanen Poland sun yi safarar dakarun bindiga da yawa ta cikin birni zuwa bangaren Rasha na Poland yayin Tashin hankalin Janairu a 1863. Dangane da ƙididdigar Prussian na 1905, birnin Beuthen yana da yawan mutane 60,273, wanda 59% ke magana da Jamusanci, 38% suna magana da yaren Poland kuma 3% suna da harsuna biyu. A cikin 1895, an kafa "Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society, kuma, a lokacin tashin hankali na Silesian, a cikin 1919<unk>1920, an kafa kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na Poland Poniatowski Szombierki da Polonia Bytom, wanda daga baya, a bayan yakin duniya na biyu Poland duka sun lashe gasar zakarun kasa. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na I, a cikin babban zaben Upper Silesian na 1921, kashi 74.7% na kuri'un da aka kada a garin Beuthen sun kasance ga Jamus, kuma kashi 25.3% sun kasance ga Poland, saboda abin da ya kasance a Jamus, a matsayin wani ɓangare na lardin Upper Silesia. A lokacin tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe, Bytom na ɗaya daga cikin birane biyu (tare da Kwidzyn) a Jamus, wanda aka ba da izinin yin wasan motsa jiki na Poland. A cikin 1923 an kafa reshe na Union of Poles a Jamus a Bytom. Akwai kuma makarantar yara ta Poland, ƙungiyoyin 'yan kallo biyu da bankin Poland. A cikin wani rahoto na sirri "Sicherheitsdienst" daga 1934, an ambaci Bytom a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin yunkurin Poland a yammacin Upper Silesia. An tsananta wa 'yan gwagwarmayar Poland tun daga 1937. Gidan Majami'ar Bytom ya ƙone shi da sojojin Nazi na SS da SA na Nazi a lokacin yakin basasa na Nazi.
Kristallnacht a ranar 9 zuwa 10 ga Nuwamba, 1938. Kafin shekara ta 1939, garin, tare da Gleiwitz (yanzu Gliwice), suna kudancin gabashin Silesia na Jamus.