World War II atrocities in Poland - Article Index

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 - 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 - 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 - German Camps In Occupied Poland During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - German Camps In Occupied Poland During World War Ii - Extermination Camps
The Nazis established six extermination camps (Vernichtungslager) in Poland. The primary intention of these camps was the extermination o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - German And Soviet Invasion
The Polish armed forces resisted the German invasion, but their strategic position was hopeless since Poland was surrounded on three side...   » 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 - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - History
After the occupation of Poland in 1939, the Einsatzgruppen killed Poles belonging to the intelligentsia, such as priests and teachers. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - History
The origins of the Einsatzgruppen can be traced back to the ad hoc Einsatzkommando formed by Reinhard Heydrich to secure government build...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - Governments In Exile
See also special article about Polish government in exile during Second World War. The Polish government re-assembled in Paris and formed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - The Holocaust In Poland
Persecution of the Jews by the occupation government, particularly in the urban areas, began immediately after the occupation. In the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - Resistance
Resistance to the German occupation began almost at once, although there is little terrain in Poland suitable for guerilla operations. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - Aftermath Of The War
Hans Frank was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was one of the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials. During his trial he convert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - Treatment Of The Poles
It was German policy that the (non-Jewish) Poles were to be reduced to the status of serfs, and eventually replaced by German colonists. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - Yalta And The Soviet Occupation 1943–45
As the Soviets advanced through Poland in late 1944 the German administration collapsed. The Communist-controlled Committee of National L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - The General Government
The remaining block of territory was placed under a German administration called the General Government (in German Generalgouvernement fÃ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - Methods Of Murder
The standard method employed by the Einsatzgruppen was to post a proclamation ordering all the Jews and other condemned people in an occu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - Organization
both Attached to Army Group South. Einsatzgruppen leaders Group A: SS-Brigadeführer Dr. Franz Walter Stahlecker (until 23 March 1942) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - Organization
both Attached to Army Group South. Einsatzgruppen leaders Group A: SS-Brigadeführer Dr. Franz Walter Stahlecker (until 23 March 1942) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Camps In Occupied Poland During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - German Camps In Occupied Poland During World War Ii - Concentration Camps
A concentration camp (Konzentrationslager, KL or KZ) was a camp which was designed to exploit the labour of prisoners, rather than to ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - Dismemberment Of Poland
Under the terms of two decrees by Hitler (8 October and 12 October 1939), large areas of western Poland were annexed to Germany. These in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Camps In Occupied Poland During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - German Camps In Occupied Poland During World War Ii - Labour Camps
The Germans pressed large numbers of Poles into forced labour. These labourers were confined in camps known in German as Polenlager, such...   » 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 - Selbstschutz: Encyclopedia Ii - Selbstschutz - World War Ii
Selbstschutz was reintroduced during late 30s in Poland and Chechoslovakia. Selbschutz activists terrorised Czech population in Sudetes r...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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