Holocaust in Poland
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The Holocaust in Poland was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Polish Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II, centered around ghettos, death camps, and widespread collaboration and resistance within occupied Poland.
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Target entity: Holocaust in Poland Context triple: [Leon Feldhendler, historicalPeriod, Holocaust in Poland]
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German AB-Aktion in Poland
The German AB-Aktion in Poland was a 1940 Nazi campaign of mass arrests and executions targeting the Polish intelligentsia and leadership as part of broader efforts to destroy Polish society.
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Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the region’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of centuries-old Jewish communities.
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Holocaust in Hungary
The Holocaust in Hungary was the World War II-era genocide in which Hungary’s Jewish population was systematically persecuted, ghettoized, and largely deported to Nazi extermination camps, resulting in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews.
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Holocaust in Slovakia
The Holocaust in Slovakia was the systematic persecution, deportation, and murder of Slovak Jews during World War II under the collaborationist Slovak State allied with Nazi Germany.
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Holocaust in Poland Target entity description: The Holocaust in Poland was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Polish Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II, centered around ghettos, death camps, and widespread collaboration and resistance within occupied Poland.
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A.
German AB-Aktion in Poland
The German AB-Aktion in Poland was a 1940 Nazi campaign of mass arrests and executions targeting the Polish intelligentsia and leadership as part of broader efforts to destroy Polish society.
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B.
Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the region’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of centuries-old Jewish communities.
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C.
Holocaust in Hungary
The Holocaust in Hungary was the World War II-era genocide in which Hungary’s Jewish population was systematically persecuted, ghettoized, and largely deported to Nazi extermination camps, resulting in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews.
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Holocaust in Slovakia
The Holocaust in Slovakia was the systematic persecution, deportation, and murder of Slovak Jews during World War II under the collaborationist Slovak State allied with Nazi Germany.
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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genocide ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alsoTargeted |
Jehovah's Witnesses
ⓘ
linked to:
JehovahsWitnesses
LGBT people ⓘ Polish intelligentsia ⓘ Roma ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ political opponents ⓘ |
| consequence |
long-term demographic changes in Poland
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mass displacement of survivors ⓘ near destruction of Jewish communities in Poland ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| estimatedVictims |
approximately 3 million Polish Jews killed
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millions of non-Jewish Polish civilians persecuted ⓘ |
| exterminationCamp |
Auschwitz-Birkenau
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
Belzec ⓘ Chelmno ⓘ Majdanek ⓘ Sobibor ⓘ Treblinka ⓘ |
| ghetto |
Bialystok Ghetto
ⓘ
linked to:
Białystok Ghetto
Krakow Ghetto ⓘ
linked to:
Kraków Ghetto
Lodz Ghetto ⓘ
linked to:
Łódź Ghetto
Lublin Ghetto ⓘ Vilna Ghetto ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
German occupation of Poland
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
German civil administration in occupied Poland
ⓘ
linked to:
German civil administration in the East
Gestapo ⓘ SS ⓘ |
| involvedCollaboration |
German occupation authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi authorities
German police units ⓘ local auxiliary police units ⓘ some local non-Jewish inhabitants ⓘ |
| involvedRescue |
Polish Righteous Among the Nations
ⓘ
linked to:
Righteous Among the Nations
Zegota ⓘ
linked to:
Żegota
clergy who hid Jews ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Operation Reinhard
ⓘ
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ deportations to extermination camps ⓘ establishment of Jewish ghettos in Polish cities ⓘ liquidation of ghettos ⓘ liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ massacres in the Lublin district ⓘ |
| legalAftermath | Nuremberg Trials evidence ⓘ |
| location | German-occupied Poland ⓘ |
| mainTarget | Polish Jews ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
ⓘ
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument ⓘ
linked to:
Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument
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| occupyingPower | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| partOf | Holocaust ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| policyFramework |
Final Solution to the Jewish Question
ⓘ
linked to:
Endlösung der Judenfrage
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| resistance |
Home Army
ⓘ
Jewish Combat Organization ⓘ Jewish Military Union ⓘ Jewish underground organizations ⓘ Polish underground state ⓘ
linked to:
Polish Underground State
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| startTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| territorialUnit |
General Government
ⓘ
Warthegau ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
collective punishment
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death marches ⓘ disease ⓘ extermination camps ⓘ forced labor camps ⓘ gas chambers ⓘ gas vans ⓘ ghettos ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
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Subject: Holocaust in Poland Description of subject: The Holocaust in Poland was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Polish Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany during World War II, centered around ghettos, death camps, and widespread collaboration and resistance within occupied Poland.
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