German occupation of Poland

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historical event military occupation part of World War II

The German occupation of Poland was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany controlled Polish territory, marked by extreme repression, mass murder, and the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews and other targeted groups.

Aliases (17)

German-occupied Poland ×12
Nazi-occupied Poland ×5
Nazi occupation of Poland ×4
Nazi German occupation of Poland ×3
German occupation authorities in Poland ×2
German occupation of Warsaw ×2
German occupation of Eastern Poland ×1
German occupation of Lwów ×1
German occupation of Poland 1939–1945 ×1
German occupation of Poland during World War II ×1
German occupation of Poland in World War I ×1
Holocaust in Poland ×1
Holocaust in occupied Poland ×1
Nazi Germany occupation of Poland ×1
Nazi occupation of Poland 1939–1945 ×1
Occupied Poland ×1
occupied Poland ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → military occupation → part of World War II →
administeredBy	General Government → Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia → Reichsgau Wartheland → Silesian territory annexed to Germany →
appliesToTerritory	Poland →
characterizedBy	Holocaust in Poland → crimes against humanity → destruction of Polish intelligentsia → ethnic cleansing → forced labor → mass murder → repression of Polish culture → systematic persecution of Jews → war crimes →
country	Nazi Germany →
endTime	1945-05-08 →
estimatedNumberOfVictims	millions of civilians →
followedBy	Soviet occupation of Poland →
hasCause	Invasion of Poland →
implementedPolicy	AB-Aktion → Generalplan Ost → Germanization → Intelligenzaktion → extermination of Jews → ghettoization of Jews →
mainPerpetrator	Gestapo → Nazi Germany → SS → Wehrmacht →
notableEvent	Palmiry massacres → Warsaw Ghetto Uprising → Warsaw Uprising → Wawer massacre → liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto → massacres in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia →
opponent	Allied powers → Home Army → Polish Underground State → Polish government-in-exile → Soviet Union →
partOf	World War II →
result	destruction of Polish cities → devastation of Polish society → significant population loss in Poland →
startTime	1939-09-01 →
usedFacility	Auschwitz concentration camp → Belzec extermination camp → Chelmno extermination camp → Majdanek concentration camp → Sobibor extermination camp → Treblinka extermination camp →
victim	Polish Jews → Roma → Soviet prisoners of war → ethnic Poles → political opponents →

Referenced by (54)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AK ("German-occupied Poland") → Blue Police ("Nazi-occupied Poland") → Bureau of Information and Propaganda ("German-occupied Poland") → Jewish Combat Organization ("Nazi-occupied Poland") → Order Police battalions ("German-occupied Poland") → Policja Granatowa ("German-occupied Poland") → Żegota ("German-occupied Poland") →	operatedIn
District of Lublin ("Nazi-occupied Poland") → General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) ("Nazi German occupation of Poland") → Intelligenzaktion ("Nazi German occupation of Poland") → Sobibor ("Holocaust in Poland") → Wartheland ("German-occupied Poland") → Wawer massacre →	partOf
1939 Defensive War → Plan White → Second Polish Republic → Siege of Warsaw (1939) ("German occupation of Warsaw") → Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ("German occupation of Eastern Poland") →	followedBy
Council of National Unity → German AB-Aktion in Poland ("Nazi occupation of Poland 1939–1945") → Kraków Ghetto →	historicalPeriod
Aktion T4 ("occupied Poland") → Auschwitz death marches ("German-occupied Poland") → German AB-Aktion in Poland ("German-occupied Poland") →	location
Jewish Military Union → Peasant Battalions → Service for Poland’s Victory →	opposedTo
Reinhard program authorities ("Occupied Poland") → State Secretary in the General Government ("Nazi-occupied Poland") →	appliesToJurisdiction
District of Radom ("German occupation of Poland 1939–1945") → Monowice ("Nazi German occupation of Poland") →	historicalEvent
Hans Frank ("Nazi occupation of Poland") → Ludwig Fischer ("German occupation of Poland during World War II") →	participantIn
Poles → Polish Jews →	persecutedDuring
Lwów Uprising (1944) ("German occupation of Lwów") → Polish People’s Republic ("Nazi Germany occupation of Poland") →	precededBy
Białystok Ghetto → Schindlerjuden ("Nazi occupation of Poland") →	timePeriod
District of Radom →	appliesToPeriod
Warsaw Ghetto ("German occupation authorities in Poland") →	createdBy
Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa ("German occupation of Poland in World War I") →	establishedDuring
Majdan Tatarski district of Lublin ("Nazi occupation of Poland") →	hasHistoricalContext
State Secretary in the General Government →	historicalContext
District of Galicia ("Nazi occupation of Poland") →	historicalEra
Endlösung der Judenfrage ("German-occupied Poland") →	implementedIn
Polish Police of the General Government ("Holocaust in occupied Poland") →	involvedIn
Radom Ghetto ("Nazi-occupied Poland") →	locatedIn
Auschwitz III-Monowitz ("German-occupied Poland") →	locatedInCountry
Warsaw District ("German-occupied Poland") →	militaryContext
Warsaw District ("German occupation of Warsaw") →	notableEvent
Polish Underground State →	opposed
German AB-Aktion in Poland ("German occupation authorities in Poland") →	perpetrator
Schindler's List ("German-occupied Poland") →	settingLocation