Fates from Poland 1939-1945
The memorial for the victims of war and the German Occupation

The Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation presents an internet platform dedicated to the commemoration of the victims and persecuted that were oppressed by the Third Reich during the Second World War – citizens of the Second Republic of Poland of all nationalities and religions. It will become one of the elements of the Deutsch-Polnisches Haus in the future, which is being built in Berlin as a place of remembrance, for educational meetings and information about the victims of terrorism during occupation times.
The Internet platform was developed as one of the components of the project “Fates of Poland 1939-1945. Remembrance locally & digitally”. It will provide information about all known and identifiable victims from Poland.
The digital platform is a “virtual memorial” for people who suffered under the repression of the Third Reich and, at the same time, a comprehensive source of information about them. The database will contribute to preserve, systematize and present the knowledge about the fate of millions of Polish citizens during the Second World War as well as popularize this knowledge on the basis of certain reports and testimonies.
The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of Education Agenda NS-Injustice of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and is on cooperation with German Poland Institute in Darmstadt.The Institute organizes a competition for local initiatives of the Culture of Remembrance, which is related to the fate of Polish citizens during the Second World War.
On the basis of information available in this portal, training courses are being prepared in order to ensure that the memory of this difficult period of German-Polish history remains alive and to serve as a reminder for younger generations.

Victims of the war and occupation 1939-1945

Cick on the names, learn about their fates

1941

They died on May 9th

They died on May 9th

STEFAN ANTONIEWSKI KAROL BABISZ KAROL BABISZ STANISŁAW BIEŃKOWSKI PESA BLANKIET TADEUSZ BOJAKOWSKI TADEUSZ BOJAKOWSKI TADEUSZ BOJAKOWSKI MOJSZE BORENSTEIN WŁADYSŁAW BRZOZOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW BRZOZOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW BRZOZOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW BRZOZOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW BRZOZOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW BRZOZOWSKI JÓZEF CEBULA JÓZEF CEBULA CHAJA CYTRYNBAUM MARIA DESSAK MARIA DESSAK MOSZEK DIKERMAN JAN DORMAN IGNACY DUDEK IGNACY DUDEK IGNACY DUDEK WOLF FEIWELES WOLF FEIWELES KONRAD FLISIAK ZOFIA FRENKEL MAJER FRUCHT TOMASZ GŁOWACKI KONSTANTY GOŁEBIOWSKI KONSTANTY GOŁĘBIOWSKI KONSTANTY GOŁĘBIOWSKI ANTONI GOROŃSKI STEFAN GRELEWSKI STEFAN GRELEWSKI STEFAN GRELEWSKI STEFAN GRELEWSKI LEOPOLD GREŃ ANTONI GRYGLEWSKI ANTONI GRYGLEWSKI ZDZISŁAW GWÓŹDŹ ABRAM HERSZKOWICZ CHANA HOROWICZ LAJB JABLONSKI STANISLAUS KACTOR LUDWIK KARCZ LUDWIK KARCZ PIOTR KARCZYŃSKI CEZARY KASZKOWIAK JOSEF KOLINSKY JÖZEF KOLLRSKI TAUBA KORN TAUBA KORN DINA KRANCE STANISŁAW KRZYWANSKI STANISLAW KULCZYCKI STANISŁAW KULCZYCKI CHANA LEMBERGER ALFONS LESNIAK EDMUND LESNIAK EDMUND LESNIAK ANTONI LIPECKI ANTONI LIPECKI ANTONI LIPECKI JAN LIPKA STEFAN MARCIEJEWSKI EMANUEL MARON EMIL MESSNER JÓZEF ORLICK JÓZEF ORLIOK STANISŁAW PISARSKI STANISŁAW PISARSKI STANISŁAW PISARSKI STANISŁAW REWKOWSKI STANISŁAW REWKOWSKI STANISŁAW REWKOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW RYKALA HENRYK SIKORSKI FRANC SMYREK FRANCISZEK SMYREK MACIEJ SOCHARSKI WALENTY STACHOWIAK MARCJAN STRUSIŃSKI LAJB SZYDLOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW ŚLIWA BENO TEPPER JÓZEF TOMCZYK BRONISŁAW TURSKI HENRYK WENCZLAWICZ JAN WILOWSKI ABRAM WLOCZKA WŁADYSŁAW WOZNIAK WACŁAW ZALEWSKI

1942

They died on May 9th

They died on May 9th

JAN BARCEWICZ JAN BARKOWSKI MALKA BAUER STEFAN BĄCZKOWSKI CELINA BEATUS SZMUL BECHLER JÓZEF BEMBENEK JÓZEF BEMBENEK KARL BERMANN EDWARD BIAŁCZAK EDWARD BIAŁCZAK ALEKSANDER BISKUP TAUBA BLUWAL ARTUR BONISZ JÓZEF BUDZIK ŁUKASZ CHMIELEWSKI CHUDZICKI JAN CZADER SZYMON DMITRUK STANISLAW DOBRANICKA PAUL DYKTA PAUL DYKTA STANISŁAW FELCZAK STANISŁAW FELCZAK WŁADYSŁAW FRANCISZEK MICHAŁ, JAN GASIOR WŁADYSŁAW GROBELNY STANISŁAW GRZESIUK STANISŁAW GRZYB JONAS GUTMAN JAN IWAN STANISŁAW JAKUBOWSKI JOSEF JASEK BENEDYKT JURAN BENEDYKT JURAN JAN KALIŃSKI JAN KALIŃSKI EUGENIUSZ KĘDZIOR EUGENIUSZ KĘDZIOR LEIB KOHN STANISŁAW KOLENDO STANISŁAW KOLENDO STANISŁAW KOLENDO JAN KOWALOW JAN KOZIOŁ SZLAMA KUCZYNSKI JAN KULIK JAKUB LANDAU BOLESŁAW ŁAŃCUCKI FELIKS MACIUBA FELIKS MAFIIULA MIKOŁAJ MAŁYCZ MORDKA MARKIEWICZ ANTONI MARSCHOLLEK JAN MATUSZEK JÓZEF MICHALAK IGNACY MIKOŁAJCZAK IGNACY MIKOŁAJCZAK IGNACY MIKOŁAJCZYK KAZIMIERZ MISIURSKI STANISŁAW MOCZYNSKI STANISŁAW MOCZYŃSKI MIKOŁAJ PAPIERSKI TADEUSZ PAWLAK STEFAN PIETRUSZKA FISCHEL PINDEK SIEGFRIED POLLAK JAN POSPIZIL STANISLAUS ROJEK MARIAN RUPNIK STANISŁAW RUTKIEWICZ KAZIMIERZ SCHULZ MARCIN SIEWERA MARIN SINERA JAN SOŁOWIEJ JAN STACHURSKI ALFONS STEPIEN STANISŁAW SWIECH STANISŁAW SZAFRANEK ANDRZEJ SZMUC STANISŁAW SZYDŁOWSKI STANISŁAW SZYDŁOWSKI SIMON VAN DER WYK ANTONI WISZNIOWSKI STANISLAW WLODARCZYK STANISŁAW WLODARCZYK JOSEF ZAJACZKOWSKI JÓZEF ZAJACZKOWSKI GENENDEL ZALCMAN SZYJA ZAROMB MALKA ZYLBERBERG KASIMIR ZYLINSKI KAZIMIERZ ZYLINSKI

1943

They died on May 9th

They died on May 9th

ABRAM ALTER FAJGA BORYSIEWICZ GROSMAN BORYSIEWICZ ELISABETH MARTHA BRUDNIEWICZ MARIA BUJANOWSKA STEFANIA CHRZĄSTKA MARCIN CHUCHRO MICHAŁ CHUCHRO JÖZEF CIOSEK WIKTORIA CURYŁO BERYSZ DOBRZYNSKI JÓZEF DRĄG MARIA DRĄG FRANCISZEK DZIK ANTONI DZIUBA MALKA FERSZT FRANCISZEK FILJA LEOPOLD FISCHER MICHAEL ISRAEL FLEISCHMANN GENIA GAJER WŁADYSŁAW GANKO WINCENT GASDA ANDRZEJ GOLA CHAIM GOLDBERG JOSEF GOTHELF ANTONI GRANAT PAULINE GRUSCHKA LUDWIK GUT TADEUSZ HINCZ STEFAN JAKUBOWSKI KASPER JAROCHOWICZ CZESŁAW JASKOWIAK RYWKA JEDWAB MENASZE KALINSKI MORDKA KALINSKI STEFAN KLUCZYNSKI GREGOR KOLISNYK GREGORG KOLISNYK JAN KONOPSKI JAN KONOPSKI WASYL KORENEWYCZ WASYL KORNEWYCZ ERICH KOWANIC LEONARD KRYK JÓZEF KUŚ KATARZYNA KUTRYŚ WŁADYSŁAW KUTRYŚ FRANCISZEK KWAŚNIAK BRONISŁAW LAKOMA BRONISŁAWA LAKOMA PAWEŁ LASKORZEC BASZEK LEDERMAN KATARZYNA MAGDZIAK FRANCISZEK MARSCHEWSKI JAN MARSZAŁ MARIA MARSZAŁ WAWRZYNIEC MATYJA ROMAN MENCIK JAN MILERSKI WITOLD MOCZARSKI WITOLD MOCZARSKI WITOLD MOEZARSKI ANDRZEJ MUCHA SALOMON FRIEDRICH NIEDZWIEDZKI STANISŁAW PAJAK ANNA PAWŁOWSKA ZYGMUNT PIETRZYKOWSKI KLEMENS PLOTKA FRANCISZEK PŁASKONKA JAN POMYKAŁA ANTONINA POROLNICZAK STANISŁAW ROGOŻ STANISŁAW ROGOŻ FRANCISZEK RUSIN STEFAN SIEDLECKI IWAN SIKACZ EUGENIUSZ SOBOTA EUGENIUSZ SOBOTA JÓZEF STANKIEWICZ PIOTR SUSZEK JAN SZCZEKUTOWICZ JAN SZOLCIAK BLUMA TAUB JÓZEF TYBURSKI JAKOB WAJNTRAUB JANKIEL WAJNTRAUB WŁADYSŁAW WARDAK PIOTR WASILEWSKI STEFANJA PELAGJA WESELIK STEFAN WILDA STEFAN WILDE BENJAMIN WOLF JAN WYKA TADEUS WYPICH JAN ZAWISLAK STANISŁAWA ZDUNEK BAJLA ZYLBERBERG

1944

They died on May 9th

They died on May 9th

STANISŁAW ANGUR LEON ARNOLD ANASTAZJA BALACHUR ANASTAZJA BALACHURA STANISŁAW BAZIAK TADEUSZ BOJANOWSKI FAJGA BORENSZTAJN PIOTR BORKOWSKI HERSZ BURZYN JAN CHMIELEWSKI JAN CHMIELEWSKI STANISŁAW CIECIELSKI WILHELM CZULAK ANTONI DEMBOWSKI ANTONI DOMALEWSKI ROMAN DYLA IZRAEL GLIKSMAN DOMINIK GORZELANY JOCHWET GRYNBLATT PIOTR HORBACZ PIOTR HORBACZ SIMON HREBIŃSKI ADALBERT JAKUBOWSKI WOJCIECH JĘDRZEJAK KARASZEWSKI JÓZEFA KASPERKA EDWARD KOŁKOWSKI ANATOL KOSLOWSKI ANATOLI KOSLOWSKI STANISLAW KOWALSKI KAZIMIERZ KOZAKIEWICZ KAZIMIERZ KOZAKIEWICZ FRANCISZEK KROL FELIKS KUCEWICZ FELIKS KUCEWICZ MIECZYSŁAW KURA ZOFIA KUSIŃSKA HENRYK LEDERMAN MIRLA LENGA JÓZEF MACHEROWSKI WOJCIECH MACHEROWSKI JOSEF MAJ ANTONI MAŃKOWSKI WŁADYSŁAW MARCHEFSKI WŁADYSŁAW MARCHEWSKI STEPHANIE MARCINAK WINCENTY NAPORA WINCENTY NAPORA WINCENTY NAPORA LUDWIK NICIŃSKI KAZIMIERZ PALCZEWSKI ANTONI PEŁKA WITOLD PIEKARSKI WACŁAW PIETRZKOWSKI WACŁAW PIETRZKOWSKI BOLESŁAW PUPEK BOLESŁAW PUPEK JAN PYKOSZ MARIA RADWAN JÓZEF REINHOLD JÓZEF REINHOLD JÓZEF RUSIN BALBINA RYCHEL ALEXANDER SCHARSCHONOWICZ LESZEK SEKLECKI LESZEK SEKLECKI LESZEK SEKTECKI HIERONIM SŁOMIAN JAN SMOLARSKI JÓZEF SOKOŁOWSKI WACŁAW SOWUL VINZENTY SZYMANIAK ROMAN ŚWIERCZYŃSKI ROMAN ŚWIRCZYŃSKI ROMAN ŚWIRCZYŃSKI STEFAN TEODOROWICZ JÓZEF TĘCZA KAZIMIERZ TOKARCZYK KAZIMIERZ TOKARCZYK RYSZARDA TOKARSKA JÓZEF URBAN LEONARD USZAL LEONARD USZAL STEFANIA WALUS MICHAL WAROSCHITSCHEW BRONISŁAW WARZCAK HELENA WITKIEWICZ WLADISLAW WOZNIAK JÓZEF WOŹNIAK STANISŁAW ZAJĄC JAN ZEGADIO STANISŁAW ZIĘCIK STANISŁAW ZIĘCIK

1945

They died on May 9th

They died on May 9th

MICHAŁ ALADIN STYANISLAW ANDRISCHA STANISŁAW ANDRISZA ALEKSANDER APOSTOLIK CENIA AST JAN BACZYNSKI ALOJZY BALCAR STANISŁAW BAŁBATUN WACŁAW BARSZCZEWSKI JADWIGA BIALECKA GIDALI BIBEL GIDALI BIBEL JAN BIELSKI BIENIASZEWSKI ARTUR BILEWICZ ARTUR BILLEWICZ WACŁAW BOBRYK ANTONI BOGUSZ ANTONI BOGUSZ SCHULIN BORGMAN JÓZEF BORODZIEJ NIKOLAJ BOROSZENKO JULIAN BRODECKI FELICJA BRUSA BUCZYŃSKI BUCZYŃSKI JAN CHODAK BOLESLAW CHRANOWSKI BOLESŁAW CHRANOWSKI JAN CIECIORA ALEKSANDER CZAŁOW TADEUSZ DEMBICKI MARIAN DMOCHOWSKI MARIAN DMOCHOWSKI MIECZYSŁAW DOBROWOLSKI MIECZYSŁAW DOBROWOLSKI WACŁAW DOŁMAT PIOTR DUBOWNIK PIOTR DUBOWNIK MARIA DUSILEWSKA FRANCISZKA DYRCZ FRANCISZKA DYRCZ KAZIMIERZ DZIEL FRANCISZEK EMILJAN FRANCISZEK EMUJAN JÓZEF ERKIERT MAKSYMILIAN FAJANS STANISLAW FELBINSKI EMILIA FYK FRANCISZEK GAJDA MICHAŁ GAJEWSKI ABRAHAM GEITZHALS ANTONI GLADTKI BORUCH GLIKSMAN JÓZEF GŁOGOWSKI ALFONS GOLANSKI OSKAR GOLDFINGER OSZKAR GOLDFINGER ALEKSANDER GOLIAT ALEKSANDER GOLJAT BOLESŁAW GOMULKA ANTONI GRECKI IZRAEL GROSS JUDAL GUBEL OUDEL GUBEL HENRYK HANUSIEWICZ HENRYK HANUSIEWICZ JOSEF HERZOG JÓZEF HERZOG PIOTR JACEWICZ PIOTR JACEWICZ STANISŁAW JANCZAR ALOJZY JANKOWSKI ALOJZY JANKOWSKI WACŁAW JASKÓLSKI TADEUSZ JAŚKIEWICZ JÓZEF JEDLICKI KAZIMIERZ KACPRZAK JERZY KALUZNY ZYGMUNT KANIEWSKI MATWIEJ KAPIONKIN WASYL KARPIENKO STANISŁAW KAZMIERCZAK STANISŁAW KAŹMIERCZAK HENRYK KIELBRATOWSKI HENRYK KIELBRATOWSKI WACŁAW KLUCZAK CHAIM KOHN JAN KONITZ MARIAN KOPCZYNSKI ALEKSANDER KOPENKIN ALEKSANDER KOPIENKIN ALEKSANDER KOROWIN ALEKSANDER KOROWIN KAZIMIERZ KORTASZEWSKI JAN KOT LUDWIG KOT LUDWIG KOT LUDWIG KOT LEON KREMSER MIECZYSLAW KRIAITOWSKI MIECZYSŁAW KRIAJTOWSKI MITESLAVO KRIAJTOWSKI ALEKSANDER KRUSZEWSKI JAN KRZYWOSZ DYMITRO KUGLER LEON KULISZEWICZ STANISŁAW KURKOWSKI MICHAŁ KUSZNISZ ALEKSANDER KWIATKOWSKI ALEKSANDER KWIATKOWSKI FELIKS LEWICKI DYMITR LICZKOWACHA ANTONI LOMINSKI PAWEŁ LUBSZCZYK JAN ŁUCZKO JAN ŁUCZKO CZESŁAW ŁUPKOWSKI MARIAN MACHNIK STANISŁAW MAJ JAN MALYSZ STEFAN MAŁEK PIOTR MAŁYSZEWSKI WŁODZIMIERZ MANKO WILHELM MARCISZ JÓZEF MARCRAK JÓZEF MARTYSICZUK WŁADYSŁAW MAŚLAK JOZEF MATRUŃCZUK ALEKSANDER MIGORA FRANCISZEK MORAWSKI STANISŁAW MORDAK JÓZEF MOSKALIK WLADYSLAW MOSTALEWSKI WŁADYSŁAW MOSTALEWSKI ARCHIP MURASZKO DYMITR MYLOW JAN NALEPKA JÓZEF NIEDZIAŁEK W NIEWIEROWICZ W. NIEWIEROWICZ WACŁAW NIWICKI NOWAK NOWAK STEFAN OBRZYDOWSKI JÓZEF OCIEPA JÓZEF PARADOWSKI BRONISŁAW PAWŁÓW JAN PAŹ BOLESŁAW PENDZIERSKI KAZIMIERZ PIERŚCINSKI STANISŁAW PIETERA WACŁAW PIŁEJKO WACŁAW PIŁEJKO ANTONI PINKOS ANTONI PINKOS PEREC PIOTRKOWSKI WLADYSLAW PITSROWSKI ANNA PITULIA ANNA PITULJA ZYGMUNT PŁUCIENIK ZYGMUNT PŁUCIENIK LEIB PRESSER CZESLAUS PRZYGODZCI CZESŁAW PRZYGODZKI WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ JAN RACZYNSKI RASZCZYK CZESŁAW RODKIEWICZ ARKADIUSZ RYBACZEWSKI KONSTANTY SAKIN JAN SALACINSKI WIKTOR SCHULIK FRANZ SEGAREK JAN SIDORUK SIKORSKI SIKORSKI ZOFIA SKILNA ZBIGNIEW SKOWROŃSKI MARIAN SMOCHOWSKI MARIAN SMOCHOWSKI IZYDOR SOBOL JAN SOKOŁOWSKI JAN SOKOŁOWSKI STANISŁAW SOKOŁOWSKI ZOFIA STANEK ZOFIA STANEK JAN STAROŃ ANTONI STEFANIAK ANTONI STEFANIAK BOLESŁAW STĘPKOWSKI BOLESŁAW STĘPKOWSKI JAN STĘPNOWSKI PAULINA STOLARCZYK LEOPOLD STRZAŁKOWSKI STANISŁAW SWITAILO STANISŁAW SWITAILO EDWARD SZCZEPANIK STEFAN SZKLARSKI CELESTYN SZLAPKA STANISŁAW SZOSTAK STANISŁĄW SZOSTAK JAN SZOTKOWSKI JAKUB SZPAJER STANISŁAW SZUROWSKI IZYDOR SZYMIK TADEUSZ TARAJKO TADEUSZ TARAJKO CHAIM TENENBAUM STEFAN TROFIMIUK PROKOP TROFIMOW PROKOP TROFIMOW JÓZEF TROJAN TRUCHOW TRUCHOW PIOTR TUSZYNSKI S. TYBUREK UNBENKANNTE WŁADYSŁAW W1NCEWICZ JAN WACH JÓZEF WALCZAK FPHILIPP WARANSKY STANISŁAW WASILUK JERZY WAWRZYNIAK FILIP WAZAŃSKI WOJCIECH WELC ANTONI WERTZ(L) WACŁAW WIERCIŃSKI JAN WIERZBICKI JAN WILCZYŃSKI STANISŁAW WILCZYŃSKI STANISŁAW WISNIEWSKI EDWARD WIŚNIEWSKI STANISŁAW WIŚNIEWSKI FRANCISZEK WITKIEWICZ MEINE WOŚNIAK STANISŁAW WÓJCIK JOSEF WRONA JAROSŁAW WYDRA JOSEF WYRZKOWSKI PAWEŁ ZADROŻNY SAMUEL ZAJAN SZCZEPAN ZAK MICHAŁ ZALAUF HENRYK ZAMOJSKI ROMAN ZAREMBA JÓZEF ZARĘBA WŁADYSŁAW ZATOŃSKI JAN ZAWISTOWSKI FRANCISZEK ZEGAREK JÓZEF ZIELEŚNY STEFAN ZYMLINSKI ANATOL ŻYGAŁOW MARIAN ŻYWAŁKOWSKI

Fates from Poland 1939-1945

POWs in the Second World War
Jeńcy polscy, wrzesień 1939 (IPN)

Around 66,000 Polish soldiers were killed in the fighting in September 1939 whilst 134000 were wounded and 420000 were captured.

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Forced labour

One of the main political goals of the Third Reich was the incorporation of conquered territories into the economic system of Germany and to exploit them to the maximum possible

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Concentration camps

The first concentration camp to be set up was Dachau in March 1933 and all future camps followed this model. Dachau was created on the basis of an order of Heinrich Himmler of 21 March 1933.

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Prison camps and prisons

In occupied Poland, the Germans introduced the same legal procedures as existed in the Third Reich. This included the German legal code, Nuremburg laws and military law.

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Ghettos

As soon as Hitler came to power in 1933, measures were taken to discriminate against those whom the Nazis considered to be ‘subhumans’. This included Jews, Gypsies and later Slavs.

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Germanisation of Polish children

The German occupying authorities quickly concluded that it would not be sufficient just to expel the locals and introduce German settlers in areas annexed by the Third Reich.

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Expulsion of Poles

The main objective of the policy of Germanisation was to expulse other races from the occupied territories and to settle Germans in their place.

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Everyday life under occupatition

Poles began a new stage of their lives on 1 September 1939. The war and five years of occupation changed the lives of everyone. At the beginning they did not know what to expect.

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Events

in the territories annexed to the Third Reich

1 IX 1939

Air raid on Wieluń (over a thousand casualties)

IX 1939 – IV 1940

"Intelligenzaktion" - Action of the physical destruction of the Polish intelligentsia and the Polish upper class in the territory of occupied Poland

IX-XII 1939

in the internment camp Karlshof (Karolewo) between 4 and 10 thousand people were murdered

IX 1939 - I 1940

Series of executions in Szpęgawsk Forest near Starogard Gdański (between 5 and 7 thousand people were murdered)

28 IX 1939

Zakroczym: murder of 500 POWs and 100 townspeople by the Wehrmacht

8 X 1939

Hitler's decree on the incorporation of the northern and western regions of Poland into the German Reich

X 1939 – IV 1940

Series of executions in the Piaśnica Forest near Wejherowo (12 to 14 thousand people were murdered) and in Mniszek near Świecie (10 thousand people were murdered)

X 1939 – III 1941

Relocation of 120 to 170 thousand persons of Polish and Jewish origin from Pomerania to the GG

XI 1939

the first executions in Lućmierz Forest near Zgierz (about 30 thousand people were murdered there)

XII 1939 – III 1941

Relocation of over 280 thousand people from Greater Poland to the GG

XII 1939

Beginning of the relocations from the administrative district of Litzmannstadt (by 1945 444 thousand persons of Polish nationality had been relocated)

II 1940

Beginning of the relocations from the administrative district of Zichenau (approx. 25 thousand people were relocated)

II 1940

Establishment of the ghetto in Łódź (Litzmannstadt)

Wiosna 1940

"Intelligenzaktion" Silesia - Murder of approx. 2 thousand Poles in Silesia

27 IV 1940

Decision on the establishment of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp

14 VI 1940

the first transport of prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp

22 IX 1940 – 12 XII 1940

Aktion Saybusch - resettlement of 50 thousand Poles from the Żywiec region

III 1941

Introduction of the German National List

VIII 1941

the first killings with the use of Zyklon B in Auschwitz

X 1941

Murder of about 3 thousand Jews from the area of Konin

7 XII 1941

Establishment of the extermination camp in Kulmhof (about 320 thousand Jews were murdered there)

III 1942

the first transports of Jews from France to the Auschwitz concentration camp

Lato 1942

Establishment of a network of about 30 "Polish camps" for Poles resettled from Silesia

1 XII 1942

Establishment of the Concentration Camp for Polish Children in Łódź (Litzmannstadt)

X-XI 1943

Transport of Jews from Italy to Auschwitz Concentration Camp

18 I 1945

Beginning of the "death march" of the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp

General Government

V-VII 1940

Implementation of the "AB Action" by the Germans, during which 6,500 Poles were murdered - among them about 3,500 representatives of the Polish political and intellectual elites and about 3,000 criminals

14 VIII 1940

the first transport of Warsaw citizens to Auschwitz

2 X 1940

Establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto

1 XII 1940

Convening of labor battalions (Baudienst)

IV 1941

the number of persons imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto reached the highest level - 450.000

Wiosna 1942

Beginning of "Aktion Reinhardt" - Mass deportations of Jews to extermination camps (murder of about 2 million people)

17 III 1942

Establishment of the extermination camp in Belzec

IV 1942

Establishment of the extermination camp in Sobibor

13 VII 1942

Murder of about 1800 Jews in Józefów near Biłgoraj

23 VII 1942

Establishment of the extermination camp in Treblinka (about 870 thousand Jews were murdered there)

XI 1942–VIII 1943

Resettlement action in the Zamość region (over 100 thousand people were affected, including 30 thousand children)

Jesień 1942–wiosna 1943

Intensification of street raids and deportations for forced labour

19 IV 1943

Outbreak of the uprising in the Ghetto of Warsaw

VI 1943–VIII 1943

"Pacification" action in the Zamość region

14 X 1943

Prisoner uprising in the Sobibor extermination camp

2 II 1944

"Pacification" of the village Borów by the Germans (about 1200 people were murdered)

22 VII 1944

Murder of approx. 200 prisoners of Lublin Castle by the Germans

1 VIII 1944

Outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising

VIII 1944

Murder of approximately 10 thousand inhabitants of Warsaw’s Ochota district and more than 40 thousand inhabitants of Warsaw’s Wola district by the Germans and their allies

VIII-X 1944

Relocation of approx. 500 thousand inhabitants of Warsaw and approx. 100 thousand inhabitants of localities in the vicinity of Warsaw

9 X 1944

Beginning of planned destruction of Warsaw by the Germans