Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba kamar yawancin garuruwan da ke cikin birni ba, ba a rushe Fort Winiary a farkon karni na ashirin ba. Ya kasance matsayin juriya na ƙarshe na sojojin Jamus a cikin Yaƙin Poznań (1945)
, kuma a karshe sojojin Red Army suka kama shi a ranar 23 ga Fabrairun 1945. Babban redoubt ya lalace sosai a cikin fadace-fadace.