SettingsThe Holocaust in Poland
Action T4
Action T4 was the name used after World War II for Nazi Germany's "Euthanasia programme" during which physicians killed thousands of people who were "judged incurably sick, by critical medical e...
Action T4 was the name used after World War II for Nazi Germany's "Euthanasia programme" during which physicians killed thousands of people who were "judged incurably sick, by critical medical e...
Aktion Erntefest
Aktion Erntefest (German for "Operation Harvest Festival") was a code phrase used by the Nazi German occupation forces to kill all Jews remaining in the Lublin District and the Lublin Ghe...
Aktion Erntefest (German for "Operation Harvest Festival") was a code phrase used by the Nazi German occupation forces to kill all Jews remaining in the Lublin District and the Lublin Ghe...
Alexander Palfinger
Alexander Palfinger was the first official in charge of the "Transferstelle" in the Lodz Ghetto, and afterwards in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Alexander Palfinger was the first official in charge of the "Transferstelle" in the Lodz Ghetto, and afterwards in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Anti-Fascist Military Organisation
Known first in India, Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa was an underground organization formed in 1942 in the Ghetto in Białystok by former officers of the Polish Land Forces.
Known first in India, Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa was an underground organization formed in 1942 in the Ghetto in Białystok by former officers of the Polish Land Forces.
Arthur Greiser
Arthur Greiser was a Nazi German politician, SS-Obergruppenführer and Reichsstatthalter of the German-occupied territory of Wartheland.
Arthur Greiser was a Nazi German politician, SS-Obergruppenführer and Reichsstatthalter of the German-occupied territory of Wartheland.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Arthur Seyss-Inquart was a Chancellor of Austria, lawyer and later Nazi official in pre-Anschluss Austria, the Third Reich and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart was a Chancellor of Austria, lawyer and later Nazi official in pre-Anschluss Austria, the Third Reich and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands.
Aryanization
Aryanization is a term coined during Nazism referring to the forced expulsion of so-called "non-Aryans", mainly Jews, from business life in Nazi Germany and the territories it controlled.
Aryanization is a term coined during Nazism referring to the forced expulsion of so-called "non-Aryans", mainly Jews, from business life in Nazi Germany and the territories it controlled.
Belarusian Auxiliary Police
Belarusian Auxiliary Police, later renamed Ordnungsdienst (OD), was established in July 1941.
Belarusian Auxiliary Police, later renamed Ordnungsdienst (OD), was established in July 1941.
Beuthen Jewish Community
Beuthen Jewish Community was one of twenty-five Jewish communities of the district of Oppeln, established in the city of Beuthen (now Bytom, Poland) with a Jewish primary school supported by the...
Beuthen Jewish Community was one of twenty-five Jewish communities of the district of Oppeln, established in the city of Beuthen (now Bytom, Poland) with a Jewish primary school supported by the...
Bełżec extermination camp
Belzec, Polish spelling Bełżec, was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust.
Belzec, Polish spelling Bełżec, was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust.
Białystok Ghetto
The Jewish Ghetto in Białystok was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany between July 26 and early August of 1941 in the new capital of Bezirk Bialystok district of German-occupied Poland.
The Jewish Ghetto in Białystok was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany between July 26 and early August of 1941 in the new capital of Bezirk Bialystok district of German-occupied Poland.
Blue Police
The Blue Police, more correctly translated as The Navy-Blue Police was the popular name of the collaborationist police in the German occupied area of the Second Polish Republic, known as G...
The Blue Police, more correctly translated as The Navy-Blue Police was the popular name of the collaborationist police in the German occupied area of the Second Polish Republic, known as G...
Brest Ghetto
Brest Ghetto or Brześć Ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Brest Ghetto or Brześć Ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Bruno Streckenbach
Bruno Heinrich Streckenbach (7 February 1902 – 28 October 1977) held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer (Major General), when he was the head of Amt I (Department I): Administration and Personnel of t...
Bruno Heinrich Streckenbach (7 February 1902 – 28 October 1977) held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer (Major General), when he was the head of Amt I (Department I): Administration and Personnel of t...
Chełmno extermination camp
Chełmno extermination camp, also known as the Kulmhof concentration camp, was a Nazi German extermination camp that was situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Łódź, near a small village ...
Chełmno extermination camp, also known as the Kulmhof concentration camp, was a Nazi German extermination camp that was situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Łódź, near a small village ...
Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising
The Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Częstochowa Ghetto against German occupation forces during World War II. It took place in late June 1943, resulting in some 2,000 ...
The Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Częstochowa Ghetto against German occupation forces during World War II. It took place in late June 1943, resulting in some 2,000 ...
Częstochowa massacre
The Częstochowa massacre, also known as Bloody Monday, which took place on September 4, 1939, was a mass murder of more than 1,000 Polish and Jewish civilians carried out by the German Weh...
The Częstochowa massacre, also known as Bloody Monday, which took place on September 4, 1939, was a mass murder of more than 1,000 Polish and Jewish civilians carried out by the German Weh...
Drohobych ghetto
Drohobych ghetto was a ghetto created by Nazi Germany for the local Jews following their take over of the region during the German invasion of Russia.
Drohobych ghetto was a ghetto created by Nazi Germany for the local Jews following their take over of the region during the German invasion of Russia.
Drohobych Ghetto
Drohobych Ghetto or Drohobycz Ghetto was a World War II ghetto created by Nazi Germany for Polish Jews following the Nazi takeover of the region in June 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, s...
Drohobych Ghetto or Drohobycz Ghetto was a World War II ghetto created by Nazi Germany for Polish Jews following the Nazi takeover of the region in June 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, s...
Dzyatlava massacre
The Dzyatlava massacre was a part of the Holocaust.
The Dzyatlava massacre was a part of the Holocaust.
Einsatzgruppen
Einsatzgruppen were SS paramilitary death squads that were responsible for mass killings, typically by shooting, of Jews in particular, but also significant numbers of other population group...
Einsatzgruppen were SS paramilitary death squads that were responsible for mass killings, typically by shooting, of Jews in particular, but also significant numbers of other population group...
Einsatzkommando
During World War II, the Nazi German Einsatzkommandos were a sub-group of five Einsatzgruppen mobile killing squads—up to 3,000 men each—usually composed of 500-1,000 functionaries of th...
During World War II, the Nazi German Einsatzkommandos were a sub-group of five Einsatzgruppen mobile killing squads—up to 3,000 men each—usually composed of 500-1,000 functionaries of th...
Felix Landau
Felix Landau (May 21, 1910, Vienna, Austria - 1983), was a SS Hauptscharführer, a member of an Einsatzkommando during World War II, based first in Lwów, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine), and later i...
Felix Landau (May 21, 1910, Vienna, Austria - 1983), was a SS Hauptscharführer, a member of an Einsatzkommando during World War II, based first in Lwów, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine), and later i...
Friedrich Krüger
Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (27 February 1894 – 9 May 1945) was a Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was SS and Police Leader in the General Government...
Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (27 February 1894 – 9 May 1945) was a Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was SS and Police Leader in the General Government...
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (27 February 1894 – 9 May 1945) was a Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was SS and Police Leader in the General Government...
Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (27 February 1894 – 9 May 1945) was a Nazi official and high-ranking member of the SA and SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was SS and Police Leader in the General Government...
Fritz Hartjenstein
Friedrich "Fritz" Hartjenstein (July 3, 1905 – October 20, 1954) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the SS-Totenkopfverbände.
Friedrich "Fritz" Hartjenstein (July 3, 1905 – October 20, 1954) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the SS-Totenkopfverbände.
Fritz Katzmann
Fritz Katzmann (1906-1957) was a SS-Gruppenführer (Major General) and Polizei leader who perpetrated genocide in Lemberg (Lwów), Danzig, and the District of Galicia during The Holocaust.
Fritz Katzmann (1906-1957) was a SS-Gruppenführer (Major General) and Polizei leader who perpetrated genocide in Lemberg (Lwów), Danzig, and the District of Galicia during The Holocaust.
General Government
The General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945.
The General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945.
Generalplan Ost
Generalplan Ost was a secret Nazi German plan for the colonization of Eastern Europe.
Generalplan Ost was a secret Nazi German plan for the colonization of Eastern Europe.
Grodno Ghetto
Grodno Ghetto was created by Nazi Germans in November 1941, in the city of Hrodna (Grodno), which was part of the Second Polish Republic until the Soviet invasion of Poland, and subsequently inc...
Grodno Ghetto was created by Nazi Germans in November 1941, in the city of Hrodna (Grodno), which was part of the Second Polish Republic until the Soviet invasion of Poland, and subsequently inc...
Group 13
"The Group Thirteen" network (Trzynastka, Yddish: Das Draitzental) was a Jewish collaborationist organisation in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War.
"The Group Thirteen" network (Trzynastka, Yddish: Das Draitzental) was a Jewish collaborationist organisation in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War.
Hans Aumeier
Hans Aumeier was a Nazi war criminal, an SS-Sturmbannführer and the deputy commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Hans Aumeier was a Nazi war criminal, an SS-Sturmbannführer and the deputy commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Hans Biebow
Hans Biebow (December 18, 1902 – April 24, 1947) was the chief of German Nazi administration of the Łódź Ghetto in occupied Poland.
Hans Biebow (December 18, 1902 – April 24, 1947) was the chief of German Nazi administration of the Łódź Ghetto in occupied Poland.
Hans Frank
Hans Michael Frank was a German lawyer who worked for the Nazi party during the 1920s and 1930s.
Hans Michael Frank was a German lawyer who worked for the Nazi party during the 1920s and 1930s.
Heinrich Schwarz
Heinrich Schwarz was an SS-Hauptsturmfűhrer and concentration camp officer who served as commandant of Auschwitz III-Monowitz in Nazi-occupied Poland and Natzweiler-Struthof in Alsace-Lorraine.
Heinrich Schwarz was an SS-Hauptsturmfűhrer and concentration camp officer who served as commandant of Auschwitz III-Monowitz in Nazi-occupied Poland and Natzweiler-Struthof in Alsace-Lorraine.
Herbert Lange
Herbert Lange was a Sturmbannführer in the SS. He was responsible for numerous crimes against humanity related to the murder of mental patients in Poland and in Germany.
Herbert Lange was a Sturmbannführer in the SS. He was responsible for numerous crimes against humanity related to the murder of mental patients in Poland and in Germany.
Hermann Schaper
Hermann Schaper (born 12 August 1911 at Straßburg im Elsass, Germany – deceased), was a German member of the NSDAP (card number 105606) and SS (No. 3484) during the Second World War.
Hermann Schaper (born 12 August 1911 at Straßburg im Elsass, Germany – deceased), was a German member of the NSDAP (card number 105606) and SS (No. 3484) during the Second World War.
Hotel Polski
Hotel Polski (Polish Hotel), opened in 1808, was a hotel in Warsaw, Poland, at 29 Długa street.
Hotel Polski (Polish Hotel), opened in 1808, was a hotel in Warsaw, Poland, at 29 Długa street.
Itzhak Stern
Itzhak Stern (January 25, 1901 – 1969) was a Jewish accountant to German industrialist Oskar Schindler.
Itzhak Stern (January 25, 1901 – 1969) was a Jewish accountant to German industrialist Oskar Schindler.
Jakob Sporrenberg
Jakob Sporrenberg was a SS Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei in Minsk, Russia and Lublin, Poland.
Jakob Sporrenberg was a SS Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei in Minsk, Russia and Lublin, Poland.
Jedwabne pogrom
The Jedwabne pogrom of July 1941 during German occupation of Poland, was a massacre of at least 340 Polish Jews of all ages.
The Jedwabne pogrom of July 1941 during German occupation of Poland, was a massacre of at least 340 Polish Jews of all ages.
Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland
This article presents a list of locations where the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland were established during World War II. The ghetto system had been imposed by the Nazi Germany roughly...
This article presents a list of locations where the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland were established during World War II. The ghetto system had been imposed by the Nazi Germany roughly...
Josef Blösche
Josef Blösche was a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party in Germany, and served in the SS and SD during World War II as a Rottenführer.
Josef Blösche was a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party in Germany, and served in the SS and SD during World War II as a Rottenführer.
Jürgen Stroop
Jürgen Stroop,, was a high-ranking Nazi Party and SS official during World War II. He was best known for his role in liquidating the Warsaw Ghetto and for writing, "the Warsaw Ghetto is no more."
Jürgen Stroop,, was a high-ranking Nazi Party and SS official during World War II. He was best known for his role in liquidating the Warsaw Ghetto and for writing, "the Warsaw Ghetto is no more."
Karl Wolff
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), ultimately holding the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of...
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), ultimately holding the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of...
Kielce cemetery massacre
The Kielce cemetery massacre refers to an event that occurred on May 23, 1943, in which 45 Jewish children who had survived the Kielce ghetto and concentration camps were brought to the Pakosz c...
The Kielce cemetery massacre refers to an event that occurred on May 23, 1943, in which 45 Jewish children who had survived the Kielce ghetto and concentration camps were brought to the Pakosz c...
Korczak's orphanages
The orphanages ran by Janusz Korczak and Stefania Wilczyńska were among the earliest Democratic education institutes in the world.
The orphanages ran by Janusz Korczak and Stefania Wilczyńska were among the earliest Democratic education institutes in the world.
Kraków Ghetto
The Kraków Ghetto was one of five major, metropolitan Jewish ghettos created by Nazi Germany in the General Government (Generalgouvernement) territory for the purpose of persecution, terror,...
The Kraków Ghetto was one of five major, metropolitan Jewish ghettos created by Nazi Germany in the General Government (Generalgouvernement) territory for the purpose of persecution, terror,...
Lemberg Ghetto
The Lemberg Ghetto was a ghetto in the city of Lwów, in German-occupied Poland, one of the largest ghettos established by German Nazi authorities in the General Government created in 1939 on the...
The Lemberg Ghetto was a ghetto in the city of Lwów, in German-occupied Poland, one of the largest ghettos established by German Nazi authorities in the General Government created in 1939 on the...
Lorenz Hackenholt
Lorenz Marie Hackenholt (born 25 June 1914; official death date 31 December 1945) built and operated the gas chamber at the Bełżec extermination camp.
Lorenz Marie Hackenholt (born 25 June 1914; official death date 31 December 1945) built and operated the gas chamber at the Bełżec extermination camp.
Lublin Ghetto
The Lublin Ghetto was a World War II ghetto in the Polish city of Lublin, created in 1941 by the Nazi German administration of occupied Poland on the territory of the General Government.
The Lublin Ghetto was a World War II ghetto in the Polish city of Lublin, created in 1941 by the Nazi German administration of occupied Poland on the territory of the General Government.
Ludwig Fischer (Nazi)
Dr. Ludwig Fischer was a German National Socialist lawyer, politician and a convicted war criminal.
Dr. Ludwig Fischer was a German National Socialist lawyer, politician and a convicted war criminal.
Majdanek concentration camp
Majdanek was a German Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland, established during the German Nazi occupation of Poland.
Majdanek was a German Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland, established during the German Nazi occupation of Poland.
Maurycy Allerhand
Maurycy Allerhand was a Polish lawyer of Jewish origin, and the Professor of Law at the Lviv University.
Maurycy Allerhand was a Polish lawyer of Jewish origin, and the Professor of Law at the Lviv University.
Maximilian Grabner
Maximilian Grabner (2 October 1905 — 28 January 1948) was an Austrian Gestapo chief in Auschwitz.
Maximilian Grabner (2 October 1905 — 28 January 1948) was an Austrian Gestapo chief in Auschwitz.
Michał Klepfisz
Michał Klepfisz (Warsaw, 17 April 1913 – 20 April 1943, Warsaw) was a chemical engineer, activist for the Bund, and member of the Jewish Morgenstern sports organization.
Michał Klepfisz (Warsaw, 17 April 1913 – 20 April 1943, Warsaw) was a chemical engineer, activist for the Bund, and member of the Jewish Morgenstern sports organization.
Mizocz ghetto
The Mizocz ghetto was a part of the town of Mizoch, which was located in an area once part of eastern Poland but which is now part of western Ukraine.
The Mizocz ghetto was a part of the town of Mizoch, which was located in an area once part of eastern Poland but which is now part of western Ukraine.
Mizocz Ghetto
The Mizocz Ghetto was a part of the town of Mizoch, which was located in an area once part of eastern Poland but which is now part of western Ukraine.
The Mizocz Ghetto was a part of the town of Mizoch, which was located in an area once part of eastern Poland but which is now part of western Ukraine.
Nachtigall Battalion
The Nachtigall Battalion (Bataillon Ukrainische Gruppe Nachtigall), officially known as Special Group Nachtigall, was the subunit under command of the Abwehr special operation unit Lehrreg...
The Nachtigall Battalion (Bataillon Ukrainische Gruppe Nachtigall), officially known as Special Group Nachtigall, was the subunit under command of the Abwehr special operation unit Lehrreg...
Nisko Plan
The Nisko Plan, also Lublin Plan or Nisko-Lublin Plan (Nisko und Lublin Plan), was developed in September 1939 by the Nazi German Schutzstaffel (SS) as a "territorial solution to the...
The Nisko Plan, also Lublin Plan or Nisko-Lublin Plan (Nisko und Lublin Plan), was developed in September 1939 by the Nazi German Schutzstaffel (SS) as a "territorial solution to the...
Occupation of Poland (1939-1945)
This article deals with the occupation of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945).
This article deals with the occupation of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945).
Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945) began with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and formally concluded with the def...
The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945) began with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and formally concluded with the def...
Otto Wächter
The Baron Otto Gustav von Wächter (born July 8, 1901 in Vienna, died August 14 or September 10, 1949, in Rome, Italy), was an Austrian lawyer and later German SS officer and National Socia...
The Baron Otto Gustav von Wächter (born July 8, 1901 in Vienna, died August 14 or September 10, 1949, in Rome, Italy), was an Austrian lawyer and later German SS officer and National Socia...
Parczew partisans
An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 Jews fought in partisan groups based in the forests of eastern Europe.
An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 Jews fought in partisan groups based in the forests of eastern Europe.
Pieter Menten
Pieter Nicolaas Menten was a World War II war criminal, businessman, and art collector.
Pieter Nicolaas Menten was a World War II war criminal, businessman, and art collector.
Ponary massacre
The Ponary massacre was the mass-murder of 100,000 people, mostly Polish Jews, by German SD and SS and Lithuanian Nazi collaborators Sonderkommando collaborators during World War II and the Hol...
The Ponary massacre was the mass-murder of 100,000 people, mostly Polish Jews, by German SD and SS and Lithuanian Nazi collaborators Sonderkommando collaborators during World War II and the Hol...
Radegast station
Radegast is a former railway station in Łódź, Poland.
Radegast is a former railway station in Łódź, Poland.
Radogoszcz prison
Radogoszcz prison was a prison in Lodz, which was used by the occupation authorities during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
Radogoszcz prison was a prison in Lodz, which was used by the occupation authorities during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
Rose Meth
Rose Grunapfel Meth (b. circa 1920, Zator, Poland), born as Ruzia Grunapfel, also known as Reisel Grunapfel Meth, is a surviving participant in the October 7, 1944 "Sonderkommando up...
Rose Grunapfel Meth (b. circa 1920, Zator, Poland), born as Ruzia Grunapfel, also known as Reisel Grunapfel Meth, is a surviving participant in the October 7, 1944 "Sonderkommando up...
Roza Robota
Roza Robota (1921, Ciechanów–January 5, 1945), referred to in other sources as Rojza, Rozia, or Rosa, was the leader and one of four women hanged in the Auschwitz concent...
Roza Robota (1921, Ciechanów–January 5, 1945), referred to in other sources as Rojza, Rozia, or Rosa, was the leader and one of four women hanged in the Auschwitz concent...
Rudolf Batz
Rudolf Batz was an SS Sturmbannführer.
Rudolf Batz was an SS Sturmbannführer.
Schutzmannschaft Batallion 118
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 was a Ukrainische Hilfspolizei battalion, formed in the spring of 1942 in Kyiv with former soldiers of the Squadron Bukowiński, previously incorporated into the 3r...
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 was a Ukrainische Hilfspolizei battalion, formed in the spring of 1942 in Kyiv with former soldiers of the Squadron Bukowiński, previously incorporated into the 3r...
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 was a police battalion, formed in the spring of 1942 in Kyiv with former soldiers of the Squadron Bukowiński, previously incorporated into the 3rd Battalion, 115th...
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 was a police battalion, formed in the spring of 1942 in Kyiv with former soldiers of the Squadron Bukowiński, previously incorporated into the 3rd Battalion, 115th...
Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling
Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling was a Nazi German auxiliary police brigade formed by 31 July 1944 at East Prussia from the retreated from Belarus dozen remnants of the SiPo, SD, Ordnungsdienst...
Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling was a Nazi German auxiliary police brigade formed by 31 July 1944 at East Prussia from the retreated from Belarus dozen remnants of the SiPo, SD, Ordnungsdienst...
Sonderaktion 1005
The Sonderaktion 1005, also called Aktion 1005, or Enterdungsaktion (Exhumation action) was conducted during World War II to hide any evidence that millions of people had been mu...
The Sonderaktion 1005, also called Aktion 1005, or Enterdungsaktion (Exhumation action) was conducted during World War II to hide any evidence that millions of people had been mu...
Special Prosecution Book-Poland
Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen (Polish: "Specjalna księga Polaków ściganych listem gończym", anglicized "Special Prosecution Book-Poland")– was the proscription list prepared by Germans, before...
Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen (Polish: "Specjalna księga Polaków ściganych listem gończym", anglicized "Special Prosecution Book-Poland")– was the proscription list prepared by Germans, before...
Szczepan Bradło
Szczepan Bradło (died 1960) was a Polish farmer who lived at Lubcza village in Tarnów Voivodeship with his wife Klara (died 1953), daughter Franciszka and sons: Antoni, Eugeniusz and Tadeusz.
Szczepan Bradło (died 1960) was a Polish farmer who lived at Lubcza village in Tarnów Voivodeship with his wife Klara (died 1953), daughter Franciszka and sons: Antoni, Eugeniusz and Tadeusz.
Szmul Zygielbojm
Szmul Zygielbojm (; שמואל זיגלבוים; February 21, 1895 – May 12, 1943) was a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of the Bund, and a member of the National Council of the Polish gove...
Szmul Zygielbojm (; שמואל זיגלבוים; February 21, 1895 – May 12, 1943) was a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of the Bund, and a member of the National Council of the Polish gove...
The Holocaust in Poland
The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland involved the implementation of German policy of systematic and mostly successful destruction of indigenous Polish-Jewish population.
The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland involved the implementation of German policy of systematic and mostly successful destruction of indigenous Polish-Jewish population.
The Lemberg Mosaic
The Lemberg Mosaic is a book on the Holocaust by Jakob Weiss, subtitled the "Memoirs of Two who Survived the Destruction of Jewish Galicia.
The Lemberg Mosaic is a book on the Holocaust by Jakob Weiss, subtitled the "Memoirs of Two who Survived the Destruction of Jewish Galicia.
Timeline of events at Treblinka
This is a timeline of events at Treblinka extermination camp.
This is a timeline of events at Treblinka extermination camp.
Tykocin pogrom
The Tykocin massacre, of August 25, 1941, was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Tykocin in occupied Poland during World War II, soon after Nazi German attack on the Soviet Union.
The Tykocin massacre, of August 25, 1941, was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Tykocin in occupied Poland during World War II, soon after Nazi German attack on the Soviet Union.
Udo von Woyrsch
Udo Gustav Wilhelm Egon von Woyrsch was a high ranking Nazi, who rose to the rank of SS Obergruppenführer and was responsible for numerous murders during The Holocaust.
Udo Gustav Wilhelm Egon von Woyrsch was a high ranking Nazi, who rose to the rank of SS Obergruppenführer and was responsible for numerous murders during The Holocaust.
Ukrainische Hilfspolizei
The Ukrainische Hilfspolizei was a German mobile police force that operated in the General Government beginning on July 27, 1941.
The Ukrainische Hilfspolizei was a German mobile police force that operated in the General Government beginning on July 27, 1941.
Umschlagplatz (Warsaw Ghetto)
In the Holocaust, the Umschlagplatz (collection point or reloading point) in the Warsaw Ghetto was where Jews gathered for deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp.
In the Holocaust, the Umschlagplatz (collection point or reloading point) in the Warsaw Ghetto was where Jews gathered for deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp.
Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz)
Valley of Death in Fordon, Bydgoszcz, northern Poland, is a site of Nazi German mass murder and a mass grave of 5,000 – 6,600 Poles and Jews murdered in October and November 1939 by the local Ge...
Valley of Death in Fordon, Bydgoszcz, northern Poland, is a site of Nazi German mass murder and a mass grave of 5,000 – 6,600 Poles and Jews murdered in October and November 1939 by the local Ge...
Vilna Ghetto
The Vilna Ghetto or Vilnius Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto established by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the occupied Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania), dur...
The Vilna Ghetto or Vilnius Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto established by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the occupied Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania), dur...
Volksliste
The Deutsche Volksliste (German People's List) was a Nazi institution whose purpose was the classification of inhabitants of German occupied territories into categories of desirability according...
The Deutsche Volksliste (German People's List) was a Nazi institution whose purpose was the classification of inhabitants of German occupied territories into categories of desirability according...
Wolfgang Birkner
SS-Hauptsturmführer Wolfgang Birkner was a Nazi war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator.
SS-Hauptsturmführer Wolfgang Birkner was a Nazi war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator.
Wąsosz pogrom
The Wąsosz pogrom was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Wąsosz in Nazi German occupied Poland that took place on July 7, 1941, during World War II.
The Wąsosz pogrom was the mass murder of Jewish residents of Wąsosz in Nazi German occupied Poland that took place on July 7, 1941, during World War II.
Yehiel De-Nur
Yehiel De-Nur, Dinoor or Dinur,, born Yehiel Feiner was a Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, whose books were inspired by his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentrati...
Yehiel De-Nur, Dinoor or Dinur,, born Yehiel Feiner was a Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, whose books were inspired by his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentrati...
Ypatingasis būrys
Ypatingasis būrys (Special Squad) or Special SD and German Security Police Squad (Vokiečių Saugumo policijos ir SD ypatingasis būrys, Specjalny Oddział SD i Niemieckiej Policji Bezpiec...
Ypatingasis būrys (Special Squad) or Special SD and German Security Police Squad (Vokiečių Saugumo policijos ir SD ypatingasis būrys, Specjalny Oddział SD i Niemieckiej Policji Bezpiec...
Łachwa Ghetto
Lakhva Ghetto or Łachwa Ghetto was a World War II ghetto created on April 1st 1942 by Nazi Germany in the town of Łachwa in occupied Poland, with the aim of persecution and exploitation of...
Lakhva Ghetto or Łachwa Ghetto was a World War II ghetto created on April 1st 1942 by Nazi Germany in the town of Łachwa in occupied Poland, with the aim of persecution and exploitation of...