District of Galicia

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The District of Galicia was an administrative region created by Nazi Germany during World War II in occupied southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, known for brutal occupation policies and mass atrocities against Jews and other civilians.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Galicia 22
District of Galicia canonical 4
Galicia District 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi administrative district
occupied territory
administrativeLanguage German
capital Lemberg
linked to: Lwów

Lviv
linked to: Lwów

Lwów
containsCity Drohobych
Lviv
linked to: Lwów

Sambor
Stanisławów
linked to: Ivano-Frankivsk

Ternopil
country Nazi Germany
createdBy Nazi Germany
createdDuring German occupation of Poland
German–Soviet War
linked to: Soviet-German Front
endTime 1944
ethnicGroupsTargeted Jews
Poles
Ukrainians
governingAuthority German civil administration
historicalEra Nazi occupation of Poland
Nazi occupation of Ukraine
knownFor brutal occupation policies
mass atrocities against Jews
mass atrocities against civilians
locatedIn Eastern Europe
southeastern Poland
western Ukraine
linked to: Western Ukraine
occupyingPower Germany
partOf General Government
partOfEvent German occupation of Ukraine
Holocaust in Eastern Europe
linked to: Holocaust
partOfHistoricalRegion Galicia
predecessor Soviet-occupied eastern Poland
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
startTime 1941
subdivisionOf General Government
successor People's Republic of Poland
Soviet administration
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
timePeriod World War II
typeOfCrimes deportations to extermination camps
forced labor
ghettoization of Jews
mass shootings

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Government contains Galicia District
linked to: District of Galicia
I. I. Rabi placeOfBirth Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
House of Habsburg ruledTerritory Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Lwów historicalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora hasMajorHistoricalCentersIn Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Ukraine hasSignificantRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Władysław Sikorski placeOfBirthRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Tarnów historicalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Bochnia belongedToHistoricalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Gorlice historicalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive liberatedArea Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Western Ukraine historicalRegionIncludes Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
West Ukrainian People’s Republic historicalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Haskalah spreadTo Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church majorHistoricalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Lwów Uprising (1944) tookPlaceInAdministrativeRegion District of Galicia (General Government)
linked to: District of Galicia
Polish–Ukrainian War hasTheater Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Zygmunt Berling placeOfBirth Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Polish Police of the General Government location Galicia District
linked to: District of Galicia
Leo I of Galicia territory Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Right-bank Ukraine hasHistoricalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Danylo of Halych regionRuled Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Volhynia borderedBy Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Brusilov Offensive location Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Brzeżany locatedInHistoricalRegion Galicia
linked to: District of Galicia
Governor-General of the General Government appliesToJurisdiction Galicia District
linked to: District of Galicia
German occupation of Ukraine hasPart District of Galicia
Juliusz Schauder placeOfDeath District of Galicia