Reichsgau Wartheland
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Reichsgau Wartheland was a Nazi German administrative region established in occupied western Poland during World War II, notorious as a center of Germanization policies, repression, and mass murder of the local Polish and Jewish populations.
Aliases (2)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi administrative region
→
Reichsgau → |
| capital |
Posen
NERFINISHED
→
Poznań NERFINISHED → |
| containsAdministrativeUnit |
Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza
→
Regierungsbezirk Litzmannstadt → Regierungsbezirk Posen → |
| containsCamp |
Chełmno extermination camp
→
Poznań Fort VII concentration camp → labor camps for Poles and Jews → Łódź Ghetto → |
| containsCity |
Gniezno
→
Inowrocław NERFINISHED → Jarocin → Kalisz NERFINISHED → Konin → Koło → Krotoszyn NERFINISHED → Leszno NERFINISHED → Ostrów Wielkopolski → Sieradz NERFINISHED → Turek → Września → Włocławek NERFINISHED → Zduńska Wola NERFINISHED → Zgierz NERFINISHED → Łódź NERFINISHED → |
| country |
Nazi Germany
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|
| dissolutionCause |
advance of the Red Army
→
defeat of Nazi Germany → |
| endTime |
1945-01
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|
| ethnicPolicy |
expulsion of Polish population
→
settlement of Volksdeutsche → |
| followedBy |
People's Republic of Poland
→
Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland → |
| governor |
Arthur Greiser
→
|
| historicalPeriod |
World War II
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|
| legalStatus |
annexed territory of the German Reich
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|
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
→
occupied Poland → |
| namedAfter |
Warta River
NERFINISHED
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|
| notoriousFor |
extermination policies
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mass murder of Jews → mass murder of Poles → repression of local population → |
| occupyingPower |
Nazi Germany
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| partOf |
Altreich and annexed territories
→
Greater German Reich → |
| policyImplemented |
Germanization
→
ban on Polish language in public life → closure of Polish schools → confiscation of property → ethnic cleansing of Poles → forced resettlement → mass expulsions → persecution of Jews → suppression of Polish culture → |
| precededBy |
Second Polish Republic
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|
| startTime |
1939-10-26
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|
| subdivisionType |
Gau
→
|
| timeInForce |
1939-1945
→
|
| usedFor |
implementation of Generalplan Ost
→
settlement of ethnic Germans → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
German occupation of Poland
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administeredBy |
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Wartheland
("Reichsgau")
→
|
administrativeStatus |
|
Reichsgau Wartheland
("Regierungsbezirk Litzmannstadt")
→
|
containsAdministrativeUnit |
|
Chełmno extermination camp
→
|
jurisdictionDuringOperation |
|
Wartheland
→
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officialName |