Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany - Article Index

Encyclopedia - World War Ii Atrocities In Poland: 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 mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Government: Encyclopedia Ii - General Government - Creation Of The General Government
Hans Frank was appointed Governor-General of the occupied territories on 26 October 1939. Two decrees by Hitler (8 October and 12 October...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion: Encyclopedia - Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion
The Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion (AB-Aktion in short, German for Extraordinary Peace-Bringing Action) was a German campaign during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii Atrocities In Poland: Encyclopedia - World War Ii Atrocities In Poland
This article details the atrocities and crimes against humanity committed in Poland during the World War II. Over 6 million Polish citize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Government: Encyclopedia Ii - General Government - Resistance
Resistance to the German occupation began almost at once, although there is little terrain in Poland suitable for guerrilla operations. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Government: Encyclopedia Ii - General Government - Population
The population in the General Government's territory was initially about 12 million, but this increased as about 860,000 Poles and Jews w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General Government: Encyclopedia Ii - General Government - Genocide Policies
During the Wannsee conference on January 20, 1942, The State Secretary of the General Government, Dr. Josef Bühler pushed Heydrich to im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion: 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, politicia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Modern-age Ethnic Cleansing
The term "ethnic cleansing" has come to mean the displacement or expulsion from a territory of one ethnic group by another. The displacem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. Main article: History of Poland (966-1385) The first Jews arrived in the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volhynia: Encyclopedia Ii - Volhynia - History
The ancient city of Halicz (Halych) first appears in history in 981 when taken over by Kievan Rus'. Volhynia's early history coincides wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - Occupation
In the Wartheland, the Nazis' goal was complete "Germanization", the political, cultural, social, and economic assimilation of the territ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - Occupation
In the Wartheland, the Nazis' goal was complete "Germanization"; to assimilate the territory politically, culturally, socially, and econo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Nazi-soviet Population Transfers
Main article: Nazi-Soviet population transfers. Following the Nazi-Soviet pact, Soviet leader Josef Stalin permitted the departure of Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - Occupation
In the Wartheland, the Nazis' goal was complete "Germanization"; to assimilate the territory politically, culturally, socially, and econo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - East Prussia - German Empire
Along with the rest of Prussia, East Prussia became part of the German Empire at its creation in 1871. In 1875 the ethnic make-up of East...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Modern-age Ethnic Cleansing
The term "ethnic cleansing" has come to mean the displacement or expulsion from a territory of one ethnic group by another. The displacem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Emigration Of Germans From Eastern Europe
Main article: Emigration of Germans from Eastern Europe. Between 1950 and 1990, 1.4 million people emigrated from Poland to Germany claim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Expulsion
Main article: Expulsion of Germans after World War II. The remaining ethnic German residents, some of whom had become German citizens dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Evacuation
Main article: World War II evacuation and expulsion. Late towards the end of the war German authorities ordered the evacuation of areas c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Early Examples Of Ethnic Cleansing
The Assyrian Empire regularly deported entire ethnic groups, as did the Babylonians; victims of this policy most famously include the Isr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Colonization-related Ethnic Cleansing
During more recent times, ethnic cleansing has often been used during colonisation projects. In North America, British and American settl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Wwii And The Destruction Of Polish Jewry 1939–45
History of the Jews in Poland - The Polish September campaign. Main article: Polish September Campaign During the Polish September Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - Invasion
A series of staged attacks near the German-Polish border provided a pretext for invasion of Polish territory. After the invasion of Polan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - East Prussia - The Kingdom Of Prussia
Although Brandenburg remained theoretically subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor, the Prussian lands were not within the Holy Roman Empi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Origins Of The Term
This originally applied purely to military enemies, but came to be applied to ethnic groups as well. It was used in this context in Yugos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - Invasion
A series of staged attacks near the German-Polish border provided a pretext for invasion of Polish territory. {Add dates of invasion and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Comparison Of Events In The Bible With Ethnic Cleansing
Some narratives in the in the Bible which describe the Hebrew conquest of Canaan in c. 13th century BC or before, would now be considered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Interwar Period 1918–39
History of the Jews in Poland - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Ethnic Cleansing As A Military And Political Tactic
The purpose of ethnic cleansing is to remove the conditions for potential and actual opposition, whether political, terrorist, guerrilla ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: 1572–1795
History of the Jews in Poland - The Warsaw Confederation. Following the childless death of Zygmund II, the last king of the Jagiellon d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Comparison Of Events In The Bible With Ethnic Cleansing
Some narratives in the in the Bible which describe the Hebrew conquest of Canaan in c. 13th century BC or before, would now be considered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Since 1989
With the fall of Communism in Poland, Jewish cultural, social, and religious life has been undergoing a revival. Many historical issues, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Communist Rule: 1945–89
History of the Jews in Poland - Postwar. Between 40,000 and 100,000 Polish Jews survived the Holocaust in Poland by hiding or by joinin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Jews Of Poland Within The Russian Empire 1795–1918
Official Russian policy would eventually prove to be substantially harsher to the Jews than that under independent Polish rule. The lands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Ethnic Cleansing As International Law Crime
Ethnic cleansing is designated a crime against humanity in international treaties, such as that which created the International Criminal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - Invasion
During the first week of the German invasion of Poland, there is little agreement as to the number and manner of minority Germans killed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Early Examples Of Ethnic Cleansing
The Assyrian Empire regularly deported entire ethnic groups, as did the Babylonians; victims of this policy most famously include the Isr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Development Of Judaism In Poland And The Commonwealth
The culture and intellectual output of the Jewish community in Poland had a profound impact on Judaism as a whole. Some Jewish historians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Origins Of The Term
This originally applied purely to military enemies, but came to be applied to ethnic groups as well. It was used in this context in Yugos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsgau Wartheland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsgau Wartheland - End Of War
At the beginning of 1945, Russian forces drove the retreating Germans through the Polish lands. Caught in severe winter temperatures, mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Ethnic Cleansing As A Military And Political Tactic
The purpose of ethnic cleansing is to remove the conditions for potential and actual opposition, whether political, terrorist, guerrilla ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnic Cleansing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnic Cleansing - Ethnic Cleansing As International Law Crime
Ethnic cleansing is designated a crime against humanity in international treaties, such as that which created the International Criminal ...   » Read the article