HungerPlan
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HungerPlan was a Nazi German policy of deliberate mass starvation during World War II, designed to exploit food resources in the occupied Soviet territories and resulting in the deaths of millions, including large numbers of Soviet prisoners of war.
Aliases (4)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi policy
→
crime against humanity → starvation policy → war crime → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Backe Plan
→
Hunger Plan → Starvation Plan → |
| appliesToTerritory |
Eastern Europe
→
Soviet Union → occupied Soviet territories → |
| architect |
Herbert Backe
→
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| consideredAs |
component of the Holocaust by some historians
→
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Nazi Germany
→
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| goal |
deliberate mass starvation
→
diversion of food to Germany → exploitation of food resources in occupied Soviet territories → support of the German war economy → weakening of the Soviet population → |
| historicalContext |
German invasion of the Soviet Union
→
Operation Barbarossa → |
| ideologicalBasis |
Lebensraum policy
→
Nazi racial ideology → |
| implementedBy |
German military authorities
→
Nazi civil administration in the East → Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories → Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture → |
| mainPerpetrator |
Nazi Germany
→
|
| method |
blockade of food supplies to cities
→
denial of food to prisoners of war → rationing policies favoring Germans → seizure of agricultural produce → |
| partOf |
Generalplan Ost
→
Nazi German occupation policy in the East → |
| perpetratorOrganization |
German civil administration in the East
→
Nazi Party → Wehrmacht → |
| relatedTo |
Commissar Order
→
Generalplan Ost → Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union → |
| result |
death of large numbers of Soviet prisoners of war
→
devastation of agriculture in occupied Soviet territories → mass starvation → millions of deaths → |
| startTime |
1941
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|
| targetPopulation |
Jewish population in occupied Soviet territories
→
Soviet civilians → Soviet prisoners of war → urban populations in the Soviet Union → |
| timePeriod |
World War II
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Backe Plan
("Hunger Plan")
→
HungerPlan ("Hunger Plan") → HungerPlan ("Starvation Plan") → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Herbert Backe
("Hunger Plan")
→
Herbert Backe ("Nazi starvation policy in Eastern Europe") → |
notableWork |
|
Nazi Germany
("Final Solution")
→
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implementedPolicy |
|
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
("Hunger Plan")
→
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involvedIn |
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GeneralplanOstPolicies
("Hunger Plan")
→
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relatedTo |
|
SovietPrisonersOfWar
→
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victimOf |