Intelligenzaktion

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Nazi German extermination campaign crime against humanity war crime

Intelligenzaktion was a secret Nazi German extermination campaign during the early stages of World War II aimed at eliminating the Polish intelligentsia and leadership class to cripple Polish society.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
AB-Aktion 1
Action against the Polish intelligentsia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi German extermination campaign ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
aimedAt Polish activists ⓘ
Polish clergy ⓘ
Polish intelligentsia ⓘ
Polish landowners ⓘ
Polish leadership class ⓘ
Polish politicians ⓘ
Polish teachers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
surface form: Action against the Polish intelligentsia

Intelligenzaktion gegen die polnische Intelligenz ⓘ
characteristic secret extermination campaign ⓘ
targeted political and social elites ⓘ
countryOfPerpetrator Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1940 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfVictims over 100000 ⓘ
followedBy German AB-Aktion in Poland ⓘ
surface form: AB-Aktion
historicalContext German invasion of Poland in 1939 ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Lebensraum policy ⓘ
Nazi racial policy ⓘ
location Greater Poland ⓘ
Kuyavia ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Silesia (as contested region) ⓘ
surface form: Silesia

Warmia-Masuria region ⓘ
occupied Poland ⓘ
method forced disappearances ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
secret arrests ⓘ
partOf German AB-Aktion in Poland ⓘ
German occupation of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Nazi German occupation of Poland
perpetratedBy German police units ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
surface form: Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
plannedBy Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
purpose crippling Polish society ⓘ
elimination of Polish intelligentsia ⓘ
preventing organized Polish resistance ⓘ
relatedTo GeneralplanOstPolicies ⓘ
surface form: Generalplan Ost
startTime 1939 ⓘ
supportedBy Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz ⓘ
timePeriod early stages of World War II ⓘ
victimGroup Polish Jews in leadership positions ⓘ
ethnic Poles ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Intelligenzaktion → alsoKnownAs → Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Action against the Polish intelligentsia
Warmia-Masuria region → eventOccurred → Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
German AB-Aktion in Poland → partOf → Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz → roleIn → Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
Poles → victimOf → Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
Poles → victimOf → Intelligenzaktion ⓘ
this entity surface form: AB-Aktion