Holocaust in Poland
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The Holocaust in Poland was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Polish Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II, centered around ghettos, death camps, and widespread collaboration and resistance within occupied Poland.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Holocaust in occupied Poland | 5 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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genocide ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alsoTargeted |
Jehovah's Witnesses
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LGBT people ⓘ Polish intelligentsia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ political opponents ⓘ |
| consequence |
long-term demographic changes in Poland
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mass displacement of survivors ⓘ near destruction of Jewish communities in Poland ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| estimatedVictims |
approximately 3 million Polish Jews killed
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millions of non-Jewish Polish civilians persecuted ⓘ |
| exterminationCamp |
Auschwitz-Birkenau
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Belzec NERFINISHED ⓘ Chelmno NERFINISHED ⓘ Majdanek NERFINISHED ⓘ Sobibor NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ghetto |
Bialystok Ghetto
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Krakow Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Lodz Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Lublin Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilna Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
German occupation of Poland
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
German civil administration in occupied Poland
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Gestapo NERFINISHED ⓘ SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedCollaboration |
German occupation authorities
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German police units ⓘ local auxiliary police units ⓘ some local non-Jewish inhabitants ⓘ |
| involvedRescue |
Polish Righteous Among the Nations
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Zegota NERFINISHED ⓘ clergy who hid Jews ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Operation Reinhard
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ deportations to extermination camps ⓘ establishment of Jewish ghettos in Polish cities ⓘ liquidation of ghettos ⓘ liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ massacres in the Lublin district ⓘ |
| legalAftermath | Nuremberg Trials evidence ⓘ |
| location | German-occupied Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTarget | Polish Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupyingPower | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyFramework | Final Solution to the Jewish Question NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resistance |
Home Army
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Jewish Combat Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Military Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish underground organizations NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish underground state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| territorialUnit |
General Government
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Warthegau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
collective punishment
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death marches ⓘ disease ⓘ extermination camps ⓘ forced labor camps ⓘ gas chambers ⓘ gas vans ⓘ ghettos ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
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