Short answers, pulled from the story.
Pomerania derives from the Lechitic word Pomorze, meaning Along the Sea. The prefix "po-" means along, combined with "morze" (sea). The name first appeared in an imperial document of 1046, referring to Zemuzil, Duke of the Pomeranians.
Pomerania is split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern parts belong to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian, and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships of Poland, while the western part belongs to the German states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg.
Between 1945 and 1948, millions of ethnic Germans and German citizens were expelled from the Polish-administered parts of Pomerania following the shift of the German-Polish border to the Oder-Neisse line. Many were held in internment and labor camps; the death toll from the flight and expulsions is disputed, with low-range estimates in the hundreds of thousands.
The Stutthof concentration camp, with numerous subcamps, was located in the Pomeranian region during World War II. The camp is commemorated today at the Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo, with a branch called the Piaśnica Museum in Wejherowo.
Kashubians are descendants of the medieval West Slavic Pomeranians and are numerous in rural Pomerelia, the easternmost part of Pomerania. Kashubian dialects are also spoken by emigrants' descendants in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Canada.
The University of Greifswald is the oldest university in the region and one of the oldest universities in the world. It was founded when Greifswald belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania.