sentences:  As early as September 3, 1939, the Germans murdered several Polish residents of the city, of whom 13 were later identified, the youngest was 16 years old.The last public execution was carried out on September 22, 1944, when five members of the underground Polish resistance movement were killed.Tychy received minimal damage during the invasion because most of the nearby fighting took place in the Mikołów-Wyry area.