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An intense process of Germanisation was carried out by Nazi Germany in German-occupied Poland during World War II, with the ultimate goal of eliminating Polish culture and people. This included the mass-murder of Polish intellectuals and the kidnapping of Polish children.
The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II (1939–1945) began with the Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945.
Germanisation in Poland (1939–1945) Germanisation of the Province of Posen; Expulsion of Poles by Germany; Russification of Poles during the Partitions; Notes
Bydgoszcz, Poland, September 9–10, 1939. Just after the German invasion of Poland, armed groups of ethnic Germans in the city of Bydgoszcz staged an uprising against the local Polish garrison. This was put down by the next day, one day prior to the entrance of German troops in the city on September 5.
BEN MOSHER. Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the Nazi’s began a program designed to Germanize the territory in which they occupied. The Germanization program involved reordering Polish society, and its people, according to the requirements of Nazi racial theory, thus bringing it in line with Hitler’s vision for the German Reich.
- Ben Mosher
- 2018
Nov 5, 2021 · Janina Kostkiewicz. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. Abstract: This chapter is an attempt to explore the scope and methods used by Germany in its extermination and Germanization policy aimed at Polish children in the years 1939 to 1945.
Apr 29, 2020 · 94 Alexa Stiller, “Germanisierung und Gewalt: Nationalsozialistische Politik in den annektierten Gebieten Polens, Frankreichs und Sloweniens, 1939–1945,” (PhD diss., Historisches Institut Bern, 2014/2015).
