Gauleiter of Reichsgau Wartheland

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The Gauleiter of Reichsgau Wartheland was the top Nazi Party and governmental leader in the annexed Polish territory of Wartheland during the Third Reich, wielding near-absolute political and administrative authority there.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Party position
governmental leadership position
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Reichsgau Wartheland
authorityOver Nazi Party apparatus in Reichsgau Wartheland
civil administration of Reichsgau Wartheland
police structures in Reichsgau Wartheland
combinedWith Reichsstatthalter in personal union for Arthur Greiser
conferredBy Adolf Hitler
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1945
establishedAsPartOf German annexation of Polish territories in 1939
hierarchicalLevel regional leader
historicalContext Third Reich administrative structure
ideology Nazism
languageOfAdministration German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Wartheland
annexed Polish territories
memberOf National Socialist German Workers' Party
linked to: Nazi Party
officeAbolished 1945
officeHolder Arthur Greiser
officeType party and state leadership combined
oversaw coordination with SS and police leaders
economic exploitation of Wartheland
suppression of Polish culture
partOf Nazi Party Gau system
politicalAlignment National Socialism
linked to: Nazism
positionHeldBy Arthur Greiser
powerCharacterization near-absolute authority in the Gau
reasonForAbolition defeat of Nazi Germany
region Poznań region
western Poland
relatedPosition Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Wartheland
replaced pre-war Polish civil administration in the region
responsibleFor Germanization policies in Wartheland
forced expulsions of Poles
implementation of Nazi racial policies
persecution of Jewish population
persecution of Polish population
settlement of ethnic Germans
seatOfGovernment Poznań
startTime 1939
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
Führer
timePeriod World War II
titleInGerman Gauleiter des Reichsgau Wartheland

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Arthur Greiser positionHeld Gauleiter of Reichsgau Wartheland
Arthur Greiser positionHeld Reichsstatthalter of Reichsgau Wartheland
subject linked to: Greiser
linked to: Gauleiter of Reichsgau Wartheland
Arthur Greiser positionHeld Gauleiter of Reichsgau Wartheland
subject linked to: Poznań prison