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| ARTICLES RELATED TO General Government | | | |  General Government: Encyclopedia II - Warsaw Ghetto - Destruction of the GhettoIn early 1942, the Nazis made the decision at the Wannsee conference to exterminate the Jews of Europe. The first phase of the Final Solution was Operation Reinhard, with the goal of destroying the Jews of Poland. Construction started on the Treblinka extermination camp in May of 1942, and it was completed in July, when the wholesale liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto was to begin.
On July 22, 1942, the Judenrat was informed that all Jews except those working in German factories, Jewish hospital staff, members of the Judenrat and their ...
See also:Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto - Formation of the Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto - Destruction of the Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the destruction of the Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto - Social and cultural life in the ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto - Commemoration, Warsaw Ghetto - Famous Ghetto prisoners Read more here: » Warsaw Ghetto: Encyclopedia II - Warsaw Ghetto - Destruction of the Ghetto |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Łódź - History
Łódź - Agricultural Łódź.
Łódź first appears in the written record in a document giving the village of Łodzia to the bishops of Włocławek in 1332. In 1423 King Władysław Jagiełło granted city rights to the village of Łódź. From then until the 18th century the town remained a small settlement on a trade route between Masovia and Silesia. In the 16th century the town had fewer than 800 inhabitants, mostly ...
See also:Łódź, Łódź - History, Łódź - Agricultural Łódź, Łódź - Industrial Łódź, Łódź - After 1918, Łódź - World War II, Łódź - After 1945, Łódź - Łódź today, Łódź - Łódź for tourists, Łódź - The Łódź Film School, Łódź - Historical population, Łódź - Famous people from Łódź, Łódź - Economy, Łódź - Education, Łódź - Politics, Łódź - Łódź constituency, Łódź - Mayors, Łódź - Sports Read more here: » Łódź: Encyclopedia II - Łódź - History |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Racial segregation - USA After the Civil War abolished slavery in the South, racial discrimination became regulated by the so-called Jim Crow laws, which mandated strict segregation of the races. Though such laws were instituted shortly after fighting ended in many cases, they only became formalized after the end of Republican-enforced Reconstruction in the 1870s and 80s during a period known as the nadir of American race relations. This legalized segregation lasted up to the 1960s, primarily through the deep ...
See also:Racial segregation, Racial segregation - Overview, Racial segregation - Nazi Germany, Racial segregation - USA, Racial segregation - South Africa, Racial segregation - Rhodesia, Racial segregation - Arab world, Racial segregation - Fiji, Racial segregation - Related issues, Racial segregation - White separatism, Racial segregation - Sociological Research Behind Brown v. Board, Racial segregation - Black separatism, Racial segregation - Latino separatism Read more here: » Racial segregation: Encyclopedia II - Racial segregation - USA |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Szare Szeregi - Internal structure On May 1, 1944, the Szare Szeregi had 8 359 members. Initially only the elder scouts (Senior Scouts, Senior Guides, Rovers and Rangers) 17 and up were admitted. However, soon the number of younger children admitted grew and in 1942 the new structure was adopted, based mostly on the pre-war structure of the ZHP.
Szare Szeregi - Zawisza - ages 12-14.
The troops organised for children between 12 and 14 years of age were code-named after Zawisza Czarny, a famous Polish mediæval knight and diplomat. The troops ...
See also:Szare Szeregi, Szare Szeregi - Code-name, Szare Szeregi - Principles, Szare Szeregi - Structure, Szare Szeregi - Internal structure, Szare Szeregi - Zawisza - ages 12-14, Szare Szeregi - Bojowe Szkoły - ages 15-17, Szare Szeregi - Grupy Szturmowe - ages 17 and up, Szare Szeregi - External link Read more here: » Szare Szeregi: Encyclopedia II - Szare Szeregi - Internal structure |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Reichsgau Wartheland - Occupation In the Wartheland, the Nazis' goal was complete "Germanization"; to assimilate the territory politically, culturally, socially, and economically into the German Reich. Germans closed elementary schools where Polish was the language of instruction. They renamed streets and cities - for example Lodz was renamed not to Lodsch (the name used for Lodz under Prussian rule), but to Litzmannstadt, after General Litzmann, who had tried to capture the city during World War I. They also seized tens of thousands of Polish enterprises, from ...
See also:Reichsgau Wartheland, Reichsgau Wartheland - Invasion, Reichsgau Wartheland - Occupation, Reichsgau Wartheland - End of war Read more here: » Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia II - Reichsgau Wartheland - Occupation |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Nazi Germany - Pre-War Politics 1933-1939 In the wake of the First World War and subsquent economic depression, many German voters began turning their support towards Adolf Hitler's radical Nazi Party, which made great promises of an economic, cultural, and military renewal for the fledgling country. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher to form a viable government failed. Hindenberg was put under pressure by Hitler through his son Oskar, as well as intrigue from former Chancello ...
See also:Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany - Chronology of events, Nazi Germany - Pre-War Politics 1933-1939, Nazi Germany - Consolidation of power, Nazi Germany - Social policy, Nazi Germany - Economic policy, Nazi Germany - World War II, Nazi Germany - Aftermath, Nazi Germany - Organization of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany - Head of State and Chief Executive, Nazi Germany - Cabinet and national authorities, Nazi Germany - Reich Offices, Nazi Germany - Reich Ministries, Nazi Germany - Occupation authorities, Nazi Germany - Legislative Branch, Nazi Germany - Military, Nazi Germany - Paramilitary organisations, Nazi Germany - National police, Nazi Germany - Political organizations, Nazi Germany - Service organizations, Nazi Germany - Religious organisations, Nazi Germany - Academic organizations, Nazi Germany - Prominent persons in Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany - Nazi Party and Nazi government leaders and officials, Nazi Germany - SS personnel, Nazi Germany - Military, Nazi Germany - Other, Nazi Germany - Noted victims, Nazi Germany - Noted refugees, Nazi Germany - Noted survivors Read more here: » Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia II - Nazi Germany - Pre-War Politics 1933-1939 |
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| | | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Belzec extermination camp - Operation of the camp On 13 October 1941, Heinrich Himmler gave SS and Police Leader Lublin, SS Brigadefuehrer Odilo Globocnik, two orders in a conference, which were closely connected with each other: to start Germanizing the area around Zamosc and to start work on the first extermination camp in the General Government near Belzec. The site was chosen for three reasons: it was situated at the border between the districts Lublin and Galicia, thus indicating its purpose to serve as a killing site for the Jews of both districts; for reasons of transport it lay next ...
See also:Belzec extermination camp, Belzec extermination camp - Operation of the camp, Belzec extermination camp - Kurt Gerstein's testimony, Belzec extermination camp - Death toll, Belzec extermination camp - Remains of the camp, Belzec extermination camp - Bibliography Read more here: » Belzec extermination camp: Encyclopedia II - Belzec extermination camp - Operation of the camp |
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| | | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - World War II atrocities in Poland - Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany The war against Poland was from the start intended as a fulfillment of the plan described by Adolf Hitler in his book Mein Kampf. The main axis of the plan was that all of Eastern Europe should become the source of the power for Germany, so called German Lebensraum (living space). The German Army was sent, as stated by Hitler in his Armenian quote: "with orders for them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish race ...
See also:World War II atrocities in Poland, World War II atrocities in Poland - Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, World War II atrocities in Poland - Invasion, World War II atrocities in Poland - Terror against Poles in 1939, World War II atrocities in Poland - Extermination of psychiatric patients, World War II atrocities in Poland - Terror against intelligentsia and clergy, World War II atrocities in Poland - Forced labor, World War II atrocities in Poland - Concentration Camps, World War II atrocities in Poland - Warsaw Uprising atrocities Read more here: » World War II atrocities in Poland: Encyclopedia II - World War II atrocities in Poland - Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany |
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| | | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Poland - History Poland began to form into a recognizable unitary and territorial entity around the middle of the 10th century under the Piast dynasty. Poland's first historically documented ruler, Mieszko I, was baptized in 966, adopting Catholic Christianity as the country's new official religion, to which the bulk of the population converted in the course of the next century. In the 12th century Poland fragmented into several smaller states, which were later ravaged by the Mongol armies of the Golden Horde in 1241. In 1320 Władysław I became the King of ...
See also:Poland, Poland - Name, Poland - History, Poland - Politics, Poland - Geography, Poland - Principal Cities, Poland - Administrative division, Poland - Economy, Poland - Science technology and education, Poland - Telecommunication and IT, Poland - Transportation, Poland - Tourism and holidays, Poland - Demographics, Poland - Culture, Poland - UNESCO World Heritage in Poland, Poland - International rankings Read more here: » Poland: Encyclopedia II - Poland - History |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Ostrava - History of Ostrava Ostrava has been an important crossroads of prehistoric trading routes, namely the Amber Road. Archaeological finds have proved that the area around Ostrava has been permanently inhabited for 25,000 years. The town itself was founded in 1267. Until late 18th century, Ostrava was a small provincial town with a population around one thousand inhabitants engaged in handicraft.
In 1763, large deposits of black coal were discovered, leading to an industrial boom and a flood of new immigrants in the following centuries. During the 19th cent ...
See also:Ostrava, Ostrava - History of Ostrava, Ostrava - Geography and climate, Ostrava - People and demographics, Ostrava - Industry and coal mines, Ostrava - Universities, Ostrava - Tourist attractions, Ostrava - Transportation, Ostrava - Sport in Ostrava, Ostrava - Other information, Ostrava - People Read more here: » Ostrava: Encyclopedia II - Ostrava - History of Ostrava |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Nazi Nuremberg Laws - History A conference of ministers was held on August 20, 1935, to discuss the economic effects of Party actions against Jews. Adolf Wagner, the Party representative at the conference, argued that such actions would cease, once the Government decided on a firm policy against the Jews.
Dr. Schacht, the Economics Minister, criticized arbitrary behavior by Party members as this inhibited his policy of rebuilding Germany's economy. It made no economic sense since Jews had certain entrepreneurial skills that could be usefully employed to further his policies. Schacht made no moral condemnation of Jewish policy and advocated the p ...
See also:Nazi Nuremberg Laws, Nazi Nuremberg Laws - History, Nazi Nuremberg Laws - Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, Nazi Nuremberg Laws - The Reich Citizenship Law Read more here: » Nazi Nuremberg Laws: Encyclopedia II - Nazi Nuremberg Laws - History |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Nazi concentration camps - Camps during the war After 1939, with the beginning of the Second World War, the concentration camps increasingly became places where the enemies of the Nazis, including Jews and POWs, were either murdered or forced to act as slave laborers, and kept undernourished and tortured. During the War, concentration camps for "undesirables" were spread throughout Europe, with new camps being created near centers of dense "undesirable" populations, often focusing on areas with large Jewish, Polish intelligentsia, communists, or Roma populations. Most of the camps were lo ...
See also:Nazi concentration camps, Nazi concentration camps - Camps before the war, Nazi concentration camps - Camps during the war, Nazi concentration camps - Nazi concentration camps after the war Read more here: » Nazi concentration camps: Encyclopedia II - Nazi concentration camps - Camps during the war |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - The Holocaust - Historical interpretations As with any historical event, scholars continue to argue over what exactly happened and why.
The Holocaust - Who was directly involved in the killings?.
In addition to the direct involvement of Nazi forces, most European countries allied with or occupied by the Axis Powers collaborated with the Nazis in the Holocaust. Collaboration took the form of either rounding up of the local Jews for deportation to the German ex ...
See also:The Holocaust, The Holocaust - Etymology and usage of the term, The Holocaust - Features of the Nazi Holocaust, The Holocaust - Premeditation, The Holocaust - Efficiency, The Holocaust - Scale, The Holocaust - Cruelty, The Holocaust - Victims, The Holocaust - Jews, The Holocaust - Slavs, The Holocaust - Roma Sinti and Manush 'Gypsies', The Holocaust - Gay men, The Holocaust - Jehovah's Witnesses, The Holocaust - Disabled people, The Holocaust - Others, The Holocaust - Death toll, The Holocaust - Searching for records of victims, The Holocaust - Execution of the Holocaust, The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945, The Holocaust - Pogroms 1938-1941, The Holocaust - Euthanasia 1939-1941, The Holocaust - Ghettos 1940-1945, The Holocaust - Death Squads 1941-1943, The Holocaust - Extermination camps 1942-1945, The Holocaust - Death Marches and liberation 1944-1945, The Holocaust - Resistance and Rescuers, The Holocaust - Resistance, The Holocaust - Rescuers, The Holocaust - Historical interpretations, The Holocaust - Who was directly involved in the killings?, The Holocaust - Why did people participate in authorize or tacitly accept the killing?, The Holocaust - Revisionists and deniers, The Holocaust - Aftermath, The Holocaust - Displaced Persons and the State of Israel, The Holocaust - Legal proceedings against Nazis, The Holocaust - Legal action against genocide, The Holocaust - Impact on culture, The Holocaust - Holocaust theology, The Holocaust - Art and literature, The Holocaust - Holocaust Memorial Day, The Holocaust - Notes, The Holocaust - Resources Read more here: » The Holocaust: Encyclopedia II - The Holocaust - Historical interpretations |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Concentration camp - The British The term "concentration camp" was first used by the British military during the Boer War (1899-1902). Facing attack by Boer guerrillas, British forces rounded up the Boer women and children as well as black people living on Boer land, and sent them to 31 camps scattered around South Africa. This was done as part of a scorched earth policy to deny the guerrillas access to the supplies of food and clothing they needed to continue the war.
The camps were situated at Aliwal North, Balmoral, Barberton, Belfast, Bethulie, Bloemfontein, Bran ...
See also:Concentration camp, Concentration camp - The British, Concentration camp - The United States, Concentration camp - Canada, Concentration camp - Austria-Hungary, Concentration camp - Germany, Concentration camp - Fascist Italy, Concentration camp - Ustaša regime in Croatia, Concentration camp - Cambodia, Concentration camp - Serbia, Concentration camp - Russia and the Soviet Union, Concentration camp - People's Republic of China, Concentration camp - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Concentration camp - North Korea, Concentration camp - Headline text, Concentration camp - Sweden, Concentration camp - Finland, Concentration camp - France, Concentration camp - Chile, Concentration camp - Argentina, Concentration camp - External links, Concentration camp - Netherlands, Concentration camp - Notes Read more here: » Concentration camp: Encyclopedia II - Concentration camp - The British |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Polish złoty - Historical Currencies
Polish złoty - Złoty in the Kingdom of Poland and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The złoty is a traditional Polish currency unit dating back to the Middle Ages. Initially, in the 14th and 15th centuries the name was used for all kinds of foreign golden coins used in Poland, most notably German and Ruthenian ducats. In 1496 the Sejm approved the creation of a national currency and its value was set at 30 Prague grosc ...
See also:Polish złoty, Polish złoty - Historical Currencies, Polish złoty - Złoty in the Kingdom of Poland and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish złoty - Złoty in the Duchy of Warsaw, Polish złoty - Złoty in the Congress Kingdom 1815-1850, Polish złoty - Ruble and Marka 1850-1924, Polish złoty - Złoty 1924-1939, Polish złoty - Złoty of General Government 1939-1944, Polish złoty - Post-War Złoty 1944-1950, Polish złoty - Złoty PLZ 1950-1994, Polish złoty - New Złoty, Polish złoty - Future Read more here: » Polish złoty: Encyclopedia II - Polish złoty - Historical Currencies |
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| | | | | General Government: Encyclopedia II - Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion - History The anti-Polish campaign was planned by Hans Frank, the commander of the General Government. The mass murder of Polish leaders, politicians, artists, intelligentsia and people suspected of anti-Nazi activity was seen as a pre-emptive measure to keep the Polish resistance scattered and prevent the Poles from revolting during the planned German invasion of France.
Prior to the action, in late 1939 and early 1940, most of the Polish university professors, intellectuals, writers, politicians, teachers and other members of the elite of the ...
See also:Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion, Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion - History, Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion - Aftermath Read more here: » Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion: Encyclopedia II - Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion - History |
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