Bytom yaiva imwe yenzvimbo huru dzePoland dzokurwisana neGermanization muUpper Silesia muzana remakore rechi19, kusvikira pakati pezana remakore rechi20. Masangano evanhu vokuPoland, ezvematongerwe enyika uye ezvetsika akaumbwa ndokushandiswa pano. Kubvira muna 1848, pepanhau rinonzi "" rakabudiswa pano. Vanhu vokuPoland vakapinza muchivande pfuti yakawanda muguta racho kuti iendeswe kuRussia pakaparadzaniswa Poland panguva yeMukira yaJanuary muna 1863. Maererano nokuverengwa kwevanhu kwakaitwa muPrussian muna 1905, guta reBeuthen raiva nevanhu 60 273, 59% vacho vaitaura chiGerman, 38% vaitaura chiPolish uye 3% vaitaura mitauro miviri. Muna 1895, "Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society yakagadzwa, uye, panguva yekumukira kweSilesian, muna 1919<unk>1920, makirabhu enhabvu ePoland Poniatowski Szombierki nePolonia Bytom akavambwa, ayo akazotevera, mushure meHondo Yenyika II Poland vese vakahwina mukwikwidzi wenyika. Mushure meHondo Yenyika I, muna Upper Silesian plebiscite ya1921, 74.7% yemavhoti muguta reBeuthen yaive yeGerman, uye 25.3% yaive yePoland, nekuda kwekuti yakaramba iri kuGerman, sechikamu cheProvince yeUpper Silesia. Munguva yepakati pehondo, Bytom yaiva rimwe remaguta maviri (pamwe chete neKwidzyn) muGermany, umo nzvimbo yekurovedza muviri yePoland yaibvumirwa kushanda. Muna 1923 bazi reUnion of Poles muGermany rakagadzwa muBytom. Paivawo nechikoro chevana vechiduku chePoland, mapoka maviri evasori uye bhangi rePoland. Mumushumo wakavanzika we "Sicherheitsdienst" kubva muna 1934, Bytom yakatumidzwa seimwe yenzvimbo huru dzekufamba kwePoland kumadokero kweUpper Silesia. Vashandi vokuPoland vakatambudzwa kubvira muna 1937. Sinagogi reBytom rakapiswa nemauto echiNazi echiGermany SS neSA munguva yeKristallnacht
musi wa9<unk>10 November 1938. Gore ra1939 risati rasvika, taundi racho, pamwe chete neGleiwitz (yava kunzi Gliwice), raiva nechokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweGerman Silesia.