Backe Plan
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Backe Plan was a Nazi-era strategy devised by Herbert Backe to exploit agricultural resources in the occupied Soviet Union, deliberately causing mass starvation to support the German war effort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Backe Plan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T302377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Backe Plan Context triple: [HungerPlan, alsoKnownAs, Backe Plan]
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A.
Planera
Planera is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, best known for the species Planera aquatica, commonly called the water elm.
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B.
Manstein Plan
The Manstein Plan was a German World War II operational strategy that called for a surprise armored thrust through the Ardennes to encircle Allied forces and rapidly defeat France in 1940.
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C.
Unternehmen Zitadelle
Unternehmen Zitadelle was the German codename for the major 1943 offensive on the Eastern Front that led to the Battle of Kursk, one of the largest tank battles in history.
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D.
Unternehmen Barbarossa
Unternehmen Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, intended to quickly defeat the USSR but ultimately resulting in a prolonged and disastrous campaign for the Germans.
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E.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Backe Plan Target entity description: Backe Plan was a Nazi-era strategy devised by Herbert Backe to exploit agricultural resources in the occupied Soviet Union, deliberately causing mass starvation to support the German war effort.
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A.
Planera
Planera is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, best known for the species Planera aquatica, commonly called the water elm.
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B.
Manstein Plan
The Manstein Plan was a German World War II operational strategy that called for a surprise armored thrust through the Ardennes to encircle Allied forces and rapidly defeat France in 1940.
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C.
Unternehmen Zitadelle
Unternehmen Zitadelle was the German codename for the major 1943 offensive on the Eastern Front that led to the Battle of Kursk, one of the largest tank battles in history.
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D.
Unternehmen Barbarossa
Unternehmen Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, intended to quickly defeat the USSR but ultimately resulting in a prolonged and disastrous campaign for the Germans.
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E.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi economic policy
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genocidal strategy ⓘ starvation policy ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
HungerPlan
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surface form:
Hunger Plan
|
| appliedIn | occupied Soviet Union ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
GeneralplanOstPolicies
ⓘ
surface form:
Generalplan Ost
Nazi occupation authorities in the East ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
German civilian population
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| devisedBy | Herbert Backe ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Nazi economic planning documents for the Eastern campaign ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Baltic states
ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
component of the Holocaust by hunger
ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
Lebensraum policy
ⓘ
Nazi racial ideology ⓘ |
| implementedDuring |
Operation Barbarossa
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| justifiedBy | German food shortages ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Herbert Backe’s role as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture ⓘ |
| mainObjective |
deliberate mass starvation of local populations
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exploitation of agricultural resources in the occupied Soviet Union ⓘ support of the German war effort through food extraction ⓘ |
| method |
blocking food deliveries to Soviet cities
ⓘ
diversion of food supplies to Germany ⓘ prioritizing food for German troops over local civilians ⓘ |
| moralCharacterization | deliberate use of starvation as a weapon ⓘ |
| policyType |
economic warfare
ⓘ
food requisition policy ⓘ occupation policy ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
mass starvation in the occupied Soviet Union
ⓘ
millions of deaths from hunger ⓘ systematic deprivation of food to non-German populations ⓘ worsening of conditions for Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ |
| scope | large-scale reorganization of food distribution in occupied Soviet territories ⓘ |
| targetedPopulation |
Soviet civilians
ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ urban populations in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| timeOfFormulation | early 1941 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: Backe Plan Description of subject: Backe Plan was a Nazi-era strategy devised by Herbert Backe to exploit agricultural resources in the occupied Soviet Union, deliberately causing mass starvation to support the German war effort.
Referenced by (1)
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