District of Galicia

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The District of Galicia was an administrative region created by Nazi Germany during World War II in occupied southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, known for brutal occupation policies and mass atrocities against Jews and other civilians.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Galicia 22
District of Galicia canonical 4
Galicia District 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi administrative district
occupied territory
administrativeLanguage German
capital Lwów
surface form: Lemberg

Lwów
surface form: Lviv

Lwów
containsCity Drohobych
Lwów
surface form: Lviv

Sambor
Ivano-Frankivsk
surface form: Stanisławów

Ternopil
country Nazi Germany
createdBy Nazi Germany
createdDuring German occupation of Poland
Soviet-German Front
surface form: German–Soviet War
endTime 1944
ethnicGroupsTargeted Jews
Poles
Ukrainians
governingAuthority German civil administration
historicalEra German occupation of Poland
surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland

German occupation of Ukraine
surface form: Nazi occupation of Ukraine
knownFor brutal occupation policies
mass atrocities against Jews
mass atrocities against civilians
locatedIn Eastern Europe
southeastern Poland
Western Ukraine
surface form: western Ukraine
occupyingPower Germany
partOf General Government
partOfEvent German occupation of Ukraine
Holocaust
surface form: Holocaust in Eastern Europe
partOfHistoricalRegion Galicia
predecessor Soviet-occupied eastern Poland
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
startTime 1941
subdivisionOf General Government
successor Polish People’s Republic
surface form: People's Republic of Poland

Soviet administration
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
timePeriod World War II
typeOfCrimes deportations to extermination camps
forced labor
ghettoization of Jews
mass shootings

Referenced by (30)

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

General Government contains District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia District
I. I. Rabi placeOfBirth District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
House of Habsburg ruledTerritory District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Lwów historicalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora hasMajorHistoricalCentersIn District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Ukraine hasSignificantRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Władysław Sikorski placeOfBirthRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Tarnów historicalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Bochnia belongedToHistoricalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Gorlice historicalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive liberatedArea District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Western Ukraine historicalRegionIncludes District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
West Ukrainian People’s Republic historicalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Haskalah spreadTo District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church majorHistoricalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Lwów Uprising (1944) tookPlaceInAdministrativeRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: District of Galicia (General Government)
Polish–Ukrainian War hasTheater District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Zygmunt Berling placeOfBirth District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Polish Police of the General Government location District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia District
Leo I of Galicia territory District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Right-bank Ukraine hasHistoricalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Danylo of Halych regionRuled District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Volhynia borderedBy District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Brusilov Offensive location District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Brzeżany locatedInHistoricalRegion District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia
Governor-General of the General Government appliesToJurisdiction District of Galicia
this entity surface form: Galicia District
German occupation of Ukraine hasPart District of Galicia
Juliusz Schauder placeOfDeath District of Galicia