General Government

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The General Government was a German-occupied administrative region in central and southern Poland during World War II, known for brutal Nazi rule and widespread persecution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-occupied territory
Nazi administrative region
appliesToJurisdiction central Poland
southern Poland
linked to: Lesser Poland
capital Kraków
contains Belzec extermination camp
linked to: Belzec

Galicia District
linked to: District of Galicia

Kraków District
Kraków Ghetto
Lublin District
linked to: District of Lublin

Lublin Ghetto
Majdanek concentration camp
linked to: Majdanek

Plaszow concentration camp
Radom District
linked to: District of Radom

Sobibor extermination camp
linked to: Sobibor

Treblinka extermination camp
linked to: Treblinka

Warsaw District
Warsaw Ghetto
continent Europe
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
endTime 1945-01
followedBy Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland)
governingBody German civil administration
headOfGovernment Hans Frank
historicalRegion territory of the Second Polish Republic
ideology Nazism
locatedIn Central Europe
occupied Poland
notableEvent Holocaust in Poland
linked to: Holocaust

Operation Reinhard
establishment of Jewish ghettos
mass deportations of Jews
occupyingPower Nazi Germany
officeHeld Governor-General
officialLanguage German
Polish
partOf German-occupied Europe
Nazi Germany
policy Germanization
economic exploitation
forced labor of Polish population
suppression of Polish culture
systematic persecution of Jews
terror and collective punishment
positionHeldBy Hans Frank
precededBy Second Polish Republic
significantFor implementation of the Holocaust in occupied Poland
startTime 1939-10-26
timePeriod World War II

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Warsaw Uprising locatedIn General Government
Sobibor locatedIn General Government
Belzec locatedIn General Government
Blue Police country General Government
Blue Police jurisdiction General Government territory
linked to: General Government
Home Army operatedIn General Government
subject linked to: Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły placeOfDeath General Government
German occupation of Poland administeredBy General Government
District of Lublin partOf General Government
District of Radom partOf General Government
District of Radom subdivisionOf General Government
Warsaw Ghetto locatedIn General Government
Kraków Ghetto locatedIn General Government
Lublin Ghetto locatedIn General Government
German-occupied Europe includesTerritory General Government
District of Galicia partOf General Government
District of Galicia subdivisionOf General Government
Warsaw District partOf General Government
Warsaw District subdivisionOf General Government
Warsaw District governingRegime General Government
Warsaw District establishedUnder General Government
German AB-Aktion in Poland location General Government
Peasant Battalions operatedIn General Government
Wartheland borderedBy General Government
Policja Granatowa country General Government
Policja Granatowa jurisdiction General Government territory
linked to: General Government
Operation Wieniec location General Government
Polish People’s Republic precededBy General Government
Trawniki concentration camp locatedIn General Government
Poniatowa forced labor camp locatedIn General Government
Poniatowa forced labor camp governingAuthority General Government administration
linked to: General Government
Kraśnik Ghetto locatedIn General Government
Jewish Ghetto Police locationOfActivity General Government
Grossaktion Warsaw location General Government
Judenrat of Kraków locatedIn General Government
Trawniki men operatedIn General Government
Bataliony Chłopskie regionOfActivity General Government
National Armed Forces operationalArea General Government
Amon Göth operatedIn General Government
Rada Pomocy Żydom operatedInRegion General Government
Związek Walki Zbrojnej operationalArea General Government
Wilm Hosenfeld placeOfActivity General Government
subject linked to: Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld
Lublin airfield camp administration location General Government