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

1942

They died on June 1st

They died on June 1st

SCHMUL ABRAMOWICZ CYRLA ASZKINAZER WŁADYSŁAW BAWOROWSKI EUGEN BERGER FRANCISZEK BISKUPSKI BERNAT BLAU ZDZISŁAW BONIKOWSKI ROMAN BORKOWSKI MARIAN BROSZ NUSEN BRYSZ ROMUALD BRZEZINSKI JAN BUCZEK JANINA BUCZEK ZOFIA BUCZEK FAJGA CHECINSKA MACIEJ DANIEL MACIEJ DANIEL STEFAN DYTKIEWICZ MARIAN EUSTACHIEWICZ MARIAN EUSTACHIEWICZ KAZIMIERZ EUSTAEHIEWICZ ROMAN ISRAEL FELCZER JAKUB FINKIEL JAKUB ISRAEL FINKLER WOLF FOGELFRAU MORIC FRIEDMANN JOSEPH FROHMAN JULIAN FULARA JULIAN FULARA MESCHILEM GELLER MAKS GLUCKIER WINCENTY GŁOWACKI WINCENTY GŁOWACKI ISRAEL GODACZ NANASZ GODACZ WINCENTY GORA BERNARD GOŹDZIEWICZ SAMUEL GRÜNFELD LEO GUDSCHE JAN HAŁASTRA ANDRZEJ HOŁOWACZ WACŁAW JANOSZKIEWICZ WACŁAW JANUSZKIEWICZ KAZIMIERZ JASZCZ CHAJM JOAB SZMUL KACENELENBOGEN SZMUL KACENELENBOGEN JAN KACZOREK PAULINA KALIKSZTAJN MOSZEK KALMANOWICZ EUGEN KAUFMANN RAJMUND KIWACZ WACLAW KOLCZYNSKI WACŁAW KOLCZYNSKI MALVINA KOLKER LAJA KOLSKA STEFAN KOŁODYNSKI STEFAN KOŁODYŃSKI FELIKS KORAL STANISŁAW KOWACKI STANISŁAW KOWACKI NAJBLUM KOWALSKI JAN KRYSIAK MIECZYSŁAW KUBIK MAJLECH KUGTOWSKI JÓZEF KURASIEWICZ JÓZEF KURASLEWICZ RYWA LANG ZOLTAN LENCZ JÓZEF LEWANDOWSKI JÓZEF LEWANDOWSKI MINDEL LISTIG SROEL LUBIATOWSKI FRANCISZEK ŁYSKO WITOLD MAGIERA WITOLD MAGIERA WIKTORIA MAGRYTA JOSEF MENDEL WŁADYSŁAW MUZYKA ALEXEJ OLENIN ADAM OZIMEK MARIAN PACZEK MORDKA PENDZET ALBERT PERLMUTTER KONSTANTY PETRYK KONSTANTY PETRYK FLORIAN PIECHA TEODOR PIETRUSZCZAK PAWEŁ PIONTEK CZESLAW POPIOLEK CZESLAW POPIOLEK STEFAN PRASCHILL BOLESŁAW PRZYBYTNIEWSKI BOLESŁAW PRZYBYTNIEWSKI JOEL PTASZEK ANTONI RECZKOWSKI ABRAM RICHTER ZYGMUNT RÓŻAŃSKI S. SABANOWIC JÓZEF SCHITTEK WŁADYSŁAW SIWIK WŁADYSŁAW SLOWINSKI STANISŁAW SMAGA FRANCISZEK SOBOCINSKI JOHANN SOMMER JÓZEF STAWOWY WITOLD STOBINSKI STANLEY STRAIGIS STANLEY STRAIGIS JOSEF STRATIL STANISŁAW SWITOWSKI BENI SZOKLI JANUSZ ŚWITKOWSKI JANUSZ ŚWITKOWSKI RYWKA TEMPELHOF JERUCHIM TOBOLSKI JERUCHIM TOBOLSKI JERUCHIN TOBOLSKI CHAIM TYK MICHAŁ URBANIK JAKUB USZEROWICZ MIECZYSŁAW UTRIK JOSEK WAJSBROT PERCE WAJSMAN PEREC ISRAEL WAJSMAN MORDKA WIATRAK NUCHYM WIDAWSKI WŁADYSŁAW WILCZYŃSKI FRYDA WINER WACŁAW WITKOWSKI ROMAN WOJCIECHOWSKI ROMAN WOJCIECHOWSKI JAN WOJCIK JOHANN WOJCIK FRANCISZEK WOJTASZEK KAZIMIERZ WOJTKOWSKI JÓZEF WOLNIARSKI JULIAN WOLNIEWICZ KASIMIR WOLSAN KAZIMIERZ WOLSAN ALEKSANDER WOZNIAK ALEXANDER WOZNIAK TOBIASZ ZANER TOBJASZ ISRAEL ZAUER STANISŁAW ZAWADZKI MOZE ZELKOWICZ EDWARD ZWIERZCHOWSKI WACŁAW ŻELIGOWSKI WACŁAW ŻELIGOWSKI

1943

They died on June 1st

They died on June 1st

SONIA ABRAMOWICZ SONIA ABRAMOWICZ FAJGA ALTMAN FAJGA ALTMAN JAN BABIK STANISŁAW BARCZYK MENDEL BAUM JAKOB BEREK ZYGMUND BIESIADA ZYGMUNT BIESIADA HENA BLASS TOMASZ BOBOWSKI JÓZEF BORSUK FRANCISZEK BRYŁA FRANCISZEK BRYŁA FRANCISZEK BRZOSZCZ MICHAŁ BUKALA KAZIMIERZ BYKA KAZIMIERZ BYRA ANTON CHILINSKI ANTONI CHYLIŃSKI CZESŁAW CICHOSZ WŁADYSŁAW CICHOSZ WŁADYSŁAW CIEKOSZ ANASTAZJA CIELICA ANDRZEJ CIELICA JAKUB CIELICA JAN CIELICA JAN CIELICA JÓZEF CIELICA MICHAŁ CIELICA STANISŁAW CIELICA WŁADYSŁAW CIELICA WŁADYSŁAW CIELICA JAN CIEPIELA TADEUSZ CIESIELSKI WŁADYSŁAW CISZEWSKI WITOLD CZERNIKIEWICZ WITOLD CZERNIKIEWICZ AGNIESZKA CZOCHRA AGNIESZKA CZOCHRA JAN CZOCHRA MARIA CZOCHRA JÓZEF DANELCZYK EVA DITTLOF JANINA DITTLOF LUDWIKA DITTLOF MARIANA DITTLOF SOFIA DITTLOF SOFIA DITTLOF JANINA DOBOSZ ANTONI DOBRZYCKI STANISŁAW DRĄG FRANCISZEK DUDA JAN DUDA AGNIESZKA DYJAK JANINA DYJAK SZCZEPAN DYJAK WŁADYSŁAW DYJAK FRANCISZEK DYK FRANCISZEK DYK WOJCIECH FABIN ANTONI FERENC JÓZEF FERENC MARIA FERENC STANISŁAW FERENC WŁADYSŁAW FERENC STANISŁAW FERET TOMAS FISTKOWSKI BOHDAN FORNALSKI RYSZARD GAWLICKI RYSZARD GAWLICKI STEFAN GAWLICKI STEFAN GAWLICKI CZESŁAW GIEKOSZ STANISŁAW GIEROŃ ESTERA GLIKSMAN JOSEF GLOD STANISŁAW GŁUSZEK STANISŁAW GŁUSZEK JAN GNIDA MARIA GNIDA MARIA GNIDA JOSEF GNIECKI MAJER GORALSKI JAN GÓRA JAN GRABIAS MOSZEK GRABOWSKI EUGENIUSZ GRODECKI CHIL GRYNBERG JÓZEF GRZONA FELIKSA GRZYB JAN GRZYB STANISŁAW GRZYB VINCENT GUDAN TADEUSZ GWIAZDA LUDWIK HADY HENRYK HAJDEMAJCH ROZALIA HAJDEMAJCH HENRYK HAJDENRAICH ROZALIA HAJDENRAICH FRANCISZEK HODUR WLADISLAUS HORYZA MIKOŁAJ HOSZOWSKI KAZIMIERZ JAKUBOWSKI MARIA JASIOROWSKA JÓZEF KADAMUS HENRYK KANCZUŁA JÓZEF KAPTUR STANISŁAW KAPUŚNIAK WŁADYSŁAW KAROLAK FRANCISZEK KAROLEWSKI MAKSYM KARPIŃSKI ELIASZ KATZ-KIRSCHENBAUM STANISŁAW KAZIMIERCZAK WŁADYSŁAW KAZIMIERCZAK ROMAN KAZUBIŃSKI ROMAN KAZUBIŃSKI FRANCISZEK KIELAK ANNA KIKUT JAN KIKUT JANINA KIKUT JÓZEF KIKUT KATARZYNA KIKUT MICHAŁ KIKUT STANISŁAW KIKUT BRONISŁAW KIMAK STEFAN KITA WALENTY KLOC FRANCISZEK KOCAN KAZIMIERZ KOCAN HENRYK KOGMALSKI JAN KOPCIUCH JAN KORONA JANINA KORONA JÓZEF KORONA KATARZYNA KORONA STANISŁAW KORONA JULIAN KOWAL EDUARD KOZLOWSKI ANDRZEJ KROLSKI JÓZEF KUDEŁKA HENRYK KUDLIŃSKI HENRYK KUDLIŃSKI FRANCISZEK KUREK JULIS LAGA STANISŁAW LASIAK FRANCISZEK LASKOWSKI FRANCISZEK LASKOWSKI HENRYK LASKOWSKI HENRYK LASKOWSKI STANISŁAW LASKOWSKI STANISŁAW LASKOWSKI JULIAN LECH SURA LESMAN SURA LESMAN REGINA LUDWIK LESZKO STANISŁAW LESZKO RYWKA LEWKOWICZ FRANCISZEK LIANA ROLAND LIEDTKE JAN LIPIETA GITLA LIPSZYC GITLA LIPSZYC ROMAN LUTAK KAROL ŁADOS KAROL ŁOZA JAN MAJCHER MICHAŁ MAJCHER JAN MALEC JAN MASTALARCZYK ALEKSANDER MASZTALEWICZ ANNA MASZTALEWICZ EWA MASZTALEWICZ GENOWEFA MASZTALEWICZ PIOTR MASZTALEWICZ LUCJAN MENERT STANISŁAW MIĄSIK AGNIESZKA MIELNIK ANDRZEJ MIELNIK JAN MIELNIK KATARZYNA MIELNIK KATARZYNA MIELNIK PIOTR MIELNIK STANISŁAW MIELNIK SZCZEPAN MIELNIK JÓZEF MIŚKIEWICZ JÓZEF MIŚKIEWICZ WLADISLAW MLECKO WASSIL MYSSAK STANISŁAW NALEWAJEK JÓZEF NIEGODZISZ JÓZEF NIEGODZISZ ANTONI NIZIO JADWIGA NIZIO JAN NIZIO JAN NIZIO KATARZYNA NIZIO MARIA NIZIO STANISŁAW NIZIO ANTONINA NOWIŃSKA ANTONINA NOWIŃSKA WŁADYSŁAW NOWORÓL WŁADYSŁAWA OBRZYŃSKA BRONISŁAW OBRZYŃSKI MICHAŁ OBRZYŃSKI STANISŁAW OBRZYŃSKI SZCZEPAN OBRZYŃSKI MARIAN OLEJNIK KAZIMIERZ OLESZCZUK STANISŁAW OLESZCZUK FRANCISZEK PABISZ JAN PACZEŚNIAK JÓZEF PACZEŚNIAK ROMAN PAŁKA LUDWIK PASIERB STANISŁAW PASIERB ALEKSANDER PASTERNAK ANNA PIASECKA ANNA PIASECKA HELENA PIASECKA HELENA PIASECKA JAN PIECZYKOLAN JAN PIECZYKOLAN KATARZYNA PIECZYKOLAN GENOWEFA PIERZYŃSKA WLADISLAUS PIONDLO GENOWEFA POPKO ADAM POPOWICZ ANDRZEJ POPOWICZ JAN POPOWICZ KATARZYNA POPOWICZ KATARZYNA POPOWICZ MARIA POPOWICZ STANISŁAW POŻAŁ IGNACY PSIUK JÓZEF PSIUK GENOWEFA PURZYŃSKA JAN PYREK ANIELA RATAJ CZESŁAW RATAJ MIECZYSŁAW RĄCZY IGNACY ROGALA WLADISLAUS RUTKOWSKI JAN RYBAK JÓZEF SADKOWSKI JÓZEF SADKOWSKI AGNIESZKA SIRKO AGNIESZKA SIRKO JAN SIRKO JANINA SIRKO JANINA SIRKO JANINA SIRKO JÓZEF SIRKO JÓZEF SIRKO MARCIN SIRKO MARIA SIRKO MICHAŁ SIRKO STANISŁAW SIRKO ANIELA SKRZYPA HELENA SKRZYPA KATARZYNA SKRZYPA PIOTR SKRZYPA STANISŁAW SKRZYPA STANISŁAW SKRZYPA STANISŁAW SKRZYPA SZCZEPAN SKRZYPA FRANCISZEK SKURA JÓZEF SKURA JÓZEF SKURA MICHAŁ SKURA STANISŁAW SKURA SZCZEPAN SKURA SKURA ANNA SOCHA JAN SOCHA KATARZYNA SOCHA MARCIN SOCHA STANISŁAWA SOCHA WŁADYSŁAW SOCHA STANISŁAW SOLTYS CZESŁAW STADNIK STANISŁAW STADNIK JAN STANKIEWICZ JAN STANKIEWICZ JAN STANKIEWICZ KAZIMIERZ STANKIEWICZ KAZIMIERZ STANKIEWICZ REGINA STANKIEWICZ STANISŁAW STANKIEWICZ STANISŁAW STANKIEWICZ STEFAN STANKIEWICZ WINCENTY STANKIEWICZ WINCENTY STANKIEWICZ JANINA STEFANIAK WLADISLAW STELAGOWSKI WINCENTY SURÓWKA WŁADYSŁAW SURÓWKA JAN SWACHA BOLESŁAW SYCHOWSKI AGNIESZKA SZABAT ANTONI SZAWARA FELIKSA SZAWARA JAN SZAWARA KATARZYNA SZAWARA KATARZYNA SZAWARA MARIA SZAWARA MICHAŁ SZAWARA STANISŁAW SZAWARA WŁADYSŁAW SZAWARA JANINA SZBAT FELIKSA SZPONAR KAROL SZPONAR MATEUSZ SZUSZMANN ANTON SZWALEK WŁADYSŁAW SZYBISZ JAN SZYMAŃSKI JAN ŚCISŁOWICZ JAN ŚCISŁOWICZ JAN ŚCISŁOWICZ STANISŁAW ŚCISŁOWICZ STANISŁAW ŚCISŁOWICZ AUGUSTYN ŚLIWA BOLESŁAW ŚWIDERSKI BOLESŁAW ŚWIDERSKI KONRAD ŚWIDERSKI KONRAD ŚWIDERSKI TADEUSZ ŚWIDERSKI WITOLD ŚWIDERSKI ANNA ŚWIST ANNA ŚWIST CZESŁAW ŚWIST CZESŁAW ŚWIST KRYSTYNA ŚWIST STANISŁAW TOPORKIEWICZ STANISŁAW TOPORKIEWICZ JÓZEFA TRZASKAŁSKA JAN URBAN CHANA WAJGENSBERG ETLA WAJLAND SYLWESTER WALKOWIAK STANISŁAWA WIELUCZÓŁ ANDRE WINIK DANIA WINIWITINA EDWARD WOJCIECHOWSKI MARKO WOZNIUK IGNACY WOŹNIAK IGNACY WOŹNIAK SZYMON WOŹNY EDWARD WÓJCIKOWSKI KAZIMIERZ WRONA KAZIMIERZ WRONA STEFAN WRÓBEL MANIA WYSZEGRODZKA WISLAW ZACHOWSKI CZESŁAW ZIEMKO JÓZEF ZIEMKO MIECZYSŁAW ZIEMKO PIOTR ZIEMKO STANISŁAW ZIEMKO SZCZEPAN ZIEMKO FRANCISZEK ZIEMNIAK BOLESŁAW ZYGADLEWICZ BOLESŁAW ZYGADLEWICZ BONIFACY ZYGADLEWICZ BONIFACY ZYGADLEWICZ JAN ZYGADLEWICZ JAN ZYGADLEWICZ TADEUSZ ZYGADLEWICZ TADEUSZ ZYGADLEWICZ MACHELA ZYLBERMAN MAKELA ZYLBERMAN TOSIA ZYLBERSZATZ ANNA ŻOŁDAK BRONISŁAWA ŻOŁDAK FRANCISZEK ŻOŁDAK JAN ŻOŁDAK JANINA ŻOŁDAK MICHAŁ ŻOŁDAK STANISŁAW ŻOŁDAK STANISŁAWA ŻOŁDAK WŁADYSŁAW ŻOŁDAK ANTONI ŻYRADZKI JAKUB ŻYRADZKI

1944

They died on June 1st

They died on June 1st

STEFAN ADAMEK STEFAN ADAMEK JAN BAGIŃSKI JAN BAGIŃSKI WŁADYSŁAW BEDNARCZYK WŁADYSŁAW BEDNARCZYK TADEUSZ BIENIEWICZ SERGIUSZ BLINÓW SERGIUSZ BLINÓW KASIMIR BLONSKA KAZIMIERA BLONSKA KAZIMIERZ BLONSKA KAZIMIERZ BLONSKI ROMAN BŁAŻEŃSKI WITOLD BOHUSIEWICZ EDWART BORUCH JULIAN BUCKO ALEX BULIMSKI ROMAN CHOJNACKI DYMITR CHOMIENKO DYMITR CHOMIENKO ADAM CIBOREK STANISŁAW CZYŻYK STANISŁAW CZYŻYK MICHAŁ DASIUK MICHAŁ DASIUK MOSZKO DIAMENT TADEUSZ DOMORADZKI JERZY DRONG MIKOŁAJ DUNIN MIKOŁAJ DUNIN ZYGMUNT DUŃSKI ELŻBIETA EDER KAZIMIERZ FINDER STEFAN GABARSKI STEFAN GABARSKI FRANCISZEK GŁOWIŃSKI STEFAN GORBUNOW STEFAN GORBUNOW DAWID GRINSZPAN KRISTOW GRUSZCZYNSKI RYSZARD GUGALSKI PIOTR HALIK BRONISŁAW HALLMAN ALOJZY HALMAN MICHAŁ HETMAN MICHAŁ HETNAŁ JÓZEF HOLE SCHALOM HORN BRONISŁAWA JAŃCZYK FLAKOWICZ KARGER LEON KĘPAL MAJLECH KINSTLER JAN KOBALSKI JAN KOBYLESKI AFANASIJ KONDRASZOW DYMITR KORNIEW DYMITR KORNIEW JAN KOTŁOWSKI STANISŁAW KUCHTA MIECZYSŁAW KUŹNICKI JEAN KWASNIAK SZLAMA LAJZEROWICZ ALFRED ŁĄCKI ALFRED ŁĄCKI WŁADYSŁAW MACIASZCZYK WŁADYSŁAW MACIOSZCZYK ELEONORA MADEJCZYK STEFAN MAGDZIAREK MAJERCZYK JÓZEF MARCHWICKI BOLESLAW MASOPUST JÓZEF MASZAK STANISLAW MLODAK EMANUEL MOSZYŃSKI EMANUEL MOSZYŃSKI JAN MURASZKO JAN MURASZKO SYLWESTER NAUMANN SYLWESTER NAUMANN JÓZEF NEUMAN LUDWIK NEUMAN RYSZARD NISCHOBENSKY FRANCISZEK OLKIEWICZ JAN PADUCH JAN PADUCH ALEKSANDER PALUCH WITOLD PASZKIEWICZ PIOTR PERKOWSKI STANISŁAW PIEKAREK ANTONI PIŁAT FRANCISZEK POGODA FRANCISZEK POGODA KLIM POLAKOW KLIM POLAKOW STEFAN PRUS JOSEF PRZELASKY JOSEF PRZELASKY PAWEŁ PUDDANKOW PAWEŁ PUDDANKOW ANTONI PUŁCZYŃSKI ALBERTA RATOLA ALBERTO RATOLA CZESŁAWA SIMON TSCHESLOWA SIMON JÓZEF SKALSKI BRONISLAW SMIETANKA ANTONI SOROKA PIOTR STEFANSKI PIOTR STEFAŃSKI PIOTR STEPLEWSKI ROZALIA STYPUŁOWSKA WŁADYSŁAW SZAFRANSKI ADAM SZKOPIŃSKI STANISLAUS SZUPILUK WIKTOR SZWED JOZEF SZYMANSKI ZDZISŁAW TACZALSKI BAZYLI TRASZEK BAZYLI TRUSZEK WIESŁAW URBANIAK JULIANE WDOWCZYK ANTONI WIECHOWSKI NINA WOLNOWA ALEKSANDRA WYZMYK

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