Danzig-West Prussia

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Danzig-West Prussia was a Nazi German administrative region established during World War II in formerly Polish territories around the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) and parts of West Prussia.

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Danzig-West Prussia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi administrative region
Reichsgau
borders Baltic Sea
East Prussia
General Government
Reichsgau Wartheland
capital Danzig
linked to: city of Danzig

Gdańsk
contains Chełmno Land
Danzig
linked to: city of Danzig

Gdynia
Pomerelia
linked to: Eastern Pomerania

West Prussia
country Nazi Germany
dateEstablished 1939-10-26
26 October 1939
deFactoLanguage Polish
dissolved 1945
1945-03
dissolvedInto Republic of Poland
Soviet occupation zone in Germany
establishedBy Nazi Germany
establishedFrom East Prussia
Free City of Danzig
Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939)
Second Polish Republic
firstGauleiter Albert Forster
Gauleiter Albert Forster
governedBy Gauleiter
hasHistoricalRegion Pomerelia
linked to: Eastern Pomerania

Royal Prussia
West Prussia
locatedIn Central Europe
occupied Poland
officialLanguage German
partOf Greater German Reich
subdivisionType Gau
Reichsgau
successor Bydgoszcz Voivodeship
Gdańsk Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship (1945–1975)
timePeriod Nazi occupation of Poland
World War II
usedFor Germanization policies
ethnic cleansing
persecution of Jews
persecution of Poles
settlement of ethnic Germans

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Altreich and annexed territories hasPart Danzig-West Prussia
Albert Forster governedTerritory Danzig-West Prussia