The first drilling was completed in 1860, and in addition to hard coal seams, brines were also discovered, which were later used for brine baths in the spa in Goczałkowice. In the years 2005-2010, it was connected with the Brzeszcze Coal Mine. In 2010 it was bought by the Czech Energetický, a průmyslový holding.
What happens when someone you love goes missing on a European border? There is still no European law that requires governments to identify the dead and notify their families. Over half the graves we found in our investigation were buried without a name. We present the stories of Europe’s border graves in three collections of 360 degree videos, taking us to border cemeteries in Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, and Poland.
