The renaming of Polish street names by the Nazi administration of Gdynia (Gotenhafen) in the Second World War

Street names not only have a topographical-spatial orientation function, but also reflect history and are a political and cultural instrument. At the time of the National Socialist dictatorship street and place names were changed in Germany. Also in the cities of the occupated Poland many streets and squares were renamed during the Second World War. The article aims to present how the streets and squares in Gdynia were named in World War II. An attempt is made to determine which strategies can be observed in the introduction of the „new“ urban designations.