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File:German Governor of Poland Hans Frank (Bundesarchiv). | File:German Governor of Poland Hans Frank (Bundesarchiv).png|The Governor of the General Government, ''Generalgouverneur'' Dr. jur. Hans Frank | ||
File:Poland General Government bank note 1941. | File:Poland General Government bank note 1941.png|General Government (Krakow) bank note, 1941 | ||
File:Poland General Government (1939-45) stamp. | File:Poland General Government (1939-45) stamp.png|Postage stamp of the General Government honoring [[Nikolaus Kopernikus]] during [[WWII]] | ||
File:WW2-[[ | File:WW2-[[Holohoax]]-[[Europe]].png|Map showing the location of the General Government and the four alleged & disputed "[[Holohoax camps|extermination camps]]" in the General Government ([[Majdanek]], [[Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka]]) | ||
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The General Government ( a name that is usually translated as "General Government for the Occupied Polish Territories") Polish:) was, during World War II, the remaining part of totally defeated Poland which was not formally annexed by National Socialist Germany or the Soviet Union. The Generalgouvernement was nevertheless administered by Germany with the lawyer Hans Frank as Governor. This Government must not be confused with the German General Government of Warsaw (Generalgouvernement Warschau) of World War I.
History
In October 1939, Germany annexed most of western Poland. Liberated German territories and the Free City of Danzig were incorporated into the new province of Danzig-West Prussia. The district of Zichenau, directly to the south of Allenstein, East Prussia, was attached to the German province of East Prussia. The former Prussian province of Posen and part of Lodz were combined into a new province called the Warthegau. Finally, the Polish part of Upper Silesia, a small area of southwestern Poland including the cities of Katowice and Oswiecim (Auschwitz), was incorporated into the German province of Silesia.
The remainder of partitioned Poland that fell to Germany under the secret provisions of the German-Soviet agreements of August and September 1939 was organized into the General Government of occupied Poland on 26 October 1939, based on a Fรผhrer decree from 12 October 1939. The Germans placed the Generalgouvernement under civilian authority with the seat in Krakau rather than in Warsaw for security reasons. The chief administrator was Governor General Hans Frank, a lawyer and longtime follower of Adolf Hitler. The area was divided into four administrative districts with seats at Krakow, Warsaw, Radom, and Lublin.
Operation Barbarossa
After the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany on 22 June 1941, that part of the territory annexed by the Soviet Union from Poland in September 1939 (Galicia โ which was a League of Nations Mandate before the Soviet invasion) was also transferred to the General Government.
Gallery
- German Governor of Poland Hans Frank (Bundesarchiv).png
The Governor of the General Government, Generalgouverneur Dr. jur. Hans Frank
- Poland General Government bank note 1941.png
General Government (Krakow) bank note, 1941
- Poland General Government (1939-45) stamp.png
Postage stamp of the General Government honoring Nikolaus Kopernikus during WWII