Nazi German Sonderaktion Krakau of 6 November 1939

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The Nazi German Sonderaktion Krakau of 6 November 1939 was a mass arrest and deportation operation targeting professors and academics of Kraków’s universities as part of the broader campaign to destroy Polish intellectual and cultural life during World War II.

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instanceOf Nazi German repressive operation
deportation operation
mass arrest
aimedAt destruction of Polish cultural life
destruction of Polish intellectual life
commemoratedBy memorials at Jagiellonian University
commemoratedOn annual remembrance ceremonies in Kraków
hasAlternativeName Special Action Kraków
linked to: Kraków Gestapo
hasConsequence death of many detained professors
intimidation of Polish intelligentsia
long-term disruption of higher education in Kraków
hasContext German occupation policies in Poland
World War II
hasDate 1939-11-06
hasHistoricalSignificance symbol of Nazi persecution of Polish academia
hasLocation General Government
German-occupied Poland
Kraków
isDirectedAgainst Polish intelligentsia
Polish nation
isRelatedTo AB-Aktion
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation
languageOfName German
numberOfVictims over 180 arrested professors and academics
orderedBy Hans Frank
Nazi General Government authorities
partOf German occupation of Poland during World War II
Intelligenzaktion
Nazi campaign against Polish intelligentsia
perpetratedBy German security police
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
resultedIn closure of Kraków universities by German authorities
deportation of professors to concentration camps
mass arrest of university staff
targets Polish academics
Polish professors
staff of Jagiellonian University
staff of other Kraków universities
tookPlaceAt Collegium Novum
Jagiellonian University
victimsDeportedTo Dachau concentration camp
linked to: Dachau
victimsDeportedTo Sachsenhausen concentration camp

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Collegium Novum significantEvent Nazi German Sonderaktion Krakau of 6 November 1939