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.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
German occupation of Poland canonical	44
German-occupied Poland	24
Nazi occupation of Poland	11
Nazi-occupied Poland	9
German occupation authorities in Poland	7
Nazi German occupation of Poland	3
German occupation of Poland 1939–1945	2
German occupation of Poland during World War II	2
German occupation of Warsaw	2
Nazi occupation of Poland 1939–1945	2
German occupation of Eastern Poland	1
German occupation of Lwów	1
German occupation of Poland (1939–1945)	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 Germany-occupied Poland	1
Nazi occupation of Warsaw	1
Nazi‑occupied Poland	1
Occupied Poland	1
World War II German occupation	1
World War II German occupation of Włocławek	1
World War II in 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 Eastern Poland ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation of Poland
hasCause	Invasion of Poland ⓘ
implementedPolicy	German AB-Aktion in Poland ⓘ surface form: AB-Aktion GeneralplanOstPolicies ⓘ surface form: Generalplan Ost Germanization ⓘ Intelligenzaktion ⓘ extermination of Jews ⓘ ghettoization of Jews ⓘ
mainPerpetrator	Gestapo ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
notableEvent	Katyn massacre ⓘ surface form: Palmiry massacres Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ Warsaw Uprising ⓘ Wawer massacre ⓘ liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ massacres in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ⓘ
opponent	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: 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	AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp Belzec ⓘ surface form: Belzec extermination camp Chelmno ⓘ surface form: Chelmno extermination camp Majdanek ⓘ surface form: Majdanek concentration camp Sobibor ⓘ surface form: Sobibor extermination camp Treblinka ⓘ surface form: Treblinka extermination camp
victim	Polish Jews ⓘ Roma ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ ethnic Poles ⓘ political opponents ⓘ

Referenced by (121)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Polish Republic → followedBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Poles → persecutedDuring → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) → partOf → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi German occupation of Poland

Intelligenzaktion → partOf → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi German occupation of Poland

Polish Underground State → opposed → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Sobibor → partOf → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holocaust in Poland

Plan White → followedBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Blue Police (Polish police under German command) → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

subject surface form: Blue Police

this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Poland

Ludwig Fischer (acting in some capacities) → participantIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

subject surface form: Ludwig Fischer

this entity surface form: German occupation of Poland during World War II

Auschwitz III-Monowitz → locatedInCountry → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → followedBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Eastern Poland

District of Lublin → partOf → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Poland

District of Radom → appliesToPeriod → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

District of Radom → historicalEvent → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Poland 1939–1945

Auschwitz death marches → location → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

1939 Defensive War → followedBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Warsaw Ghetto → createdBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation authorities in Poland

Kraków Ghetto → historicalPeriod → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Radom Ghetto → locatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Poland

Białystok Ghetto → timePeriod → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

District of Galicia → historicalEra → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland

Warsaw District → notableEvent → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Warsaw

Warsaw District → militaryContext → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

German AB-Aktion in Poland → perpetrator → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation authorities in Poland

German AB-Aktion in Poland → location → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

German AB-Aktion in Poland → historicalPeriod → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland 1939–1945

Aktion T4 euthanasia program → location → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

subject surface form: Aktion T4

this entity surface form: occupied Poland

Hans Frank → participantIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland

Peasant Battalions (as allied formation) → opposedTo → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

subject surface form: Peasant Battalions

Żegota → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Council of National Unity → historicalPeriod → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Bureau of Information and Propaganda → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Service for Poland’s Victory → opposedTo → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Siege of Warsaw (1939) → followedBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Warsaw

Reinhard program authorities → appliesToJurisdiction → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occupied Poland

Schindler's List → settingLocation → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa → establishedDuring → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Poland in World War I

Lwów Uprising (1944) → precededBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German occupation of Lwów

Majdan Tatarski district of Lublin → hasHistoricalContext → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland

Wartheland → partOf → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Endlösung der Judenfrage → implementedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Policja Granatowa → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Polish Police of the General Government → involvedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holocaust in occupied Poland

AK → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Jewish Combat Organization → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Poland

Jewish Military Union → opposedTo → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

Schindlerjuden → timePeriod → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland

Order Police battalions → operatedIn → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: German-occupied Poland

Polish People’s Republic → precededBy → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi Germany occupation of Poland

State Secretary in the General Government → appliesToJurisdiction → German occupation of Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazi-occupied Poland