German occupation of Poland

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The German occupation of Poland was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany controlled Polish territory, marked by extreme repression, mass murder, and the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews and other targeted groups.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military occupation
part of World War II
administeredBy General Government
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
Reichsgau Wartheland
Silesian territory annexed to Germany
appliesToTerritory Poland
characterizedBy Holocaust in Poland
linked to: Holocaust

crimes against humanity
destruction of Polish intelligentsia
ethnic cleansing
forced labor
mass murder
repression of Polish culture
systematic persecution of Jews
war crimes
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1945-05-08
estimatedNumberOfVictims millions of civilians
followedBy Soviet occupation of Poland
hasCause Invasion of Poland
implementedPolicy AB-Aktion
Generalplan Ost
Germanization
Intelligenzaktion
extermination of Jews
ghettoization of Jews
mainPerpetrator Gestapo
Nazi Germany
SS
Wehrmacht
notableEvent Palmiry massacres
linked to: Katyn massacre

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw Uprising
Wawer massacre
liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto
massacres in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
opponent Allied powers
Home Army
Polish Underground State
Polish government-in-exile
Soviet Union
partOf World War II
result destruction of Polish cities
devastation of Polish society
significant population loss in Poland
startTime 1939-09-01
usedFacility Auschwitz concentration camp
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Belzec extermination camp
linked to: Belzec

Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno

Majdanek concentration camp
linked to: Majdanek

Sobibor extermination camp
linked to: Sobibor

Treblinka extermination camp
linked to: Treblinka
victim Polish Jews
Roma
Soviet prisoners of war
ethnic Poles
political opponents

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Second Polish Republic followedBy German occupation of Poland
Poles persecutedDuring German occupation of Poland
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) partOf Nazi German occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Intelligenzaktion partOf Nazi German occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Polish Underground State opposed German occupation of Poland
Sobibor partOf Holocaust in Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Plan White followedBy German occupation of Poland
Blue Police operatedIn Nazi-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Ludwig Fischer participantIn German occupation of Poland during World War II
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Auschwitz III-Monowitz locatedInCountry German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland followedBy German occupation of Eastern Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
District of Lublin partOf Nazi-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
District of Radom appliesToPeriod German occupation of Poland
District of Radom historicalEvent German occupation of Poland 1939–1945
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Auschwitz death marches location German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
1939 Defensive War followedBy German occupation of Poland
Warsaw Ghetto createdBy German occupation authorities in Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Kraków Ghetto historicalPeriod German occupation of Poland
Radom Ghetto locatedIn Nazi-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Białystok Ghetto timePeriod German occupation of Poland
District of Galicia historicalEra Nazi occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Warsaw District notableEvent German occupation of Warsaw
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Warsaw District militaryContext German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
German AB-Aktion in Poland perpetrator German occupation authorities in Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
German AB-Aktion in Poland location German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
German AB-Aktion in Poland historicalPeriod Nazi occupation of Poland 1939–1945
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Aktion T4 location occupied Poland
subject linked to: Aktion T4 euthanasia program
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Hans Frank participantIn Nazi occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Peasant Battalions opposedTo German occupation of Poland
Żegota operatedIn German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Council of National Unity historicalPeriod German occupation of Poland
Bureau of Information and Propaganda operatedIn German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Service for Poland’s Victory opposedTo German occupation of Poland
Siege of Warsaw (1939) followedBy German occupation of Warsaw
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Reinhard program authorities appliesToJurisdiction Occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Schindler's List settingLocation German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa establishedDuring German occupation of Poland in World War I
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Lwów Uprising (1944) precededBy German occupation of Lwów
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Majdan Tatarski district of Lublin hasHistoricalContext Nazi occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Wartheland partOf German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Endlösung der Judenfrage implementedIn German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Policja Granatowa operatedIn German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Polish Police of the General Government involvedIn Holocaust in occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
AK operatedIn German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Jewish Combat Organization operatedIn Nazi-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Jewish Military Union opposedTo German occupation of Poland
Schindlerjuden timePeriod Nazi occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Order Police battalions operatedIn German-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
Polish People’s Republic precededBy Nazi Germany occupation of Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland
State Secretary in the General Government appliesToJurisdiction Nazi-occupied Poland
linked to: German occupation of Poland