Polish POWs
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Polish POWs were Polish military personnel captured and held as prisoners of war, notably by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II, where they often faced harsh conditions and severe mistreatment.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish military personnel
→
group of prisoners of war → |
| activeDuringConflict |
World War II
→
|
| alsoIncluded |
Polish citizens of Belarusian origin
→
Polish citizens of Jewish origin → Polish citizens of Ukrainian origin → |
| capturedBy |
Nazi Germany
→
Red Army → Soviet Union → Wehrmacht → |
| capturedDuring |
Fall of France (1940)
→
Invasion of Poland (1939) → Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Poland
→
|
| ethnicity |
predominantly ethnic Poles
→
|
| experienced |
violations of Geneva Conventions
→
|
| heldIn |
German prisoner-of-war camps
→
Kozelsk camp → NKVD camps → Oflags → Ostashkov camp → Soviet POW camps → Stalags → Starobelsk camp → |
| included |
Polish airmen
→
Polish enlisted soldiers → Polish officers → Polish sailors → members of the Polish underground captured in uniform → |
| legalStatus |
prisoners of war under international law
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| notableEvent |
Invasion of Poland (1939)
→
|
| perpetratorOfCrimesAgainstThem |
Gestapo
→
NKVD → SS → |
| protectedBy |
Geneva Conventions
→
|
| someReleasedTo |
Anders Army
→
Polish Armed Forces in the West → |
| someTransferredTo |
Soviet Gulag system
→
concentration camps → labor camps → |
| subjectTo |
disease
→
executions → forced labor → harsh living conditions → malnutrition → physical abuse → political repression → |
| timePeriod |
1939–1945
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|
| victimOf |
Katyn massacre
→
war crimes → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Stalags
→
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victimsIncluded |