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Polish occupation: Who was Poland owned by pre-World War I and why did the Germans want it now?

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owned by Germany, now they wanted living space so as theirs so wanted to take it back.

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Polish occupation: when did the Nazis invade Poland?

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September 1939

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Polish occupation: once the Nazis had invaded Poland, what did they aim to do?

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Remove any element of polish, control or culture

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Polish occupation: how did the Nazis try to remove Polish culture or control?

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October 1939, Poland cease to exist as Nazi leaders, split it into regions incorporated some into existing German territories.

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Polish occupation: in 1940 what plan did Himler set up and where was it tested?

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Drew up eastern general plan-strategy for occupation in the east, tested in Poland

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Polish occupation: what was Himler’s plan?

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Removed as many Polish or Slavic, people as possible, and replace them with Germans

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Polish occupation: as a way to remove Polish of Slavic people, what did the Nazis do in 1940?

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hundreds of thousands of native Polish people, expelled and 500,000 ethnic German settle in their houses and on their land

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Polish occupation: after removing the Polish, where were they placed, and who governed it?

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Placed into general government region, which was governed by hans, Frank

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Polish occupation: by May 1940, what had Hans Frank managed to do?

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destroyed, post culture, education and leadership
Schools and universities closed , intellectuals, and talented people arrested tortured, then murdered

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Polish occupation: why were a large number of Slavic poles murdered by the SS?

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Nazis considered them racially inferior

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Polish occupation: how many non-Jewish people were estimated to of got killed and where did the others go?

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Estimated 1.9 million
Others sent to work in Germany through force labour schemes

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Polish occupation: from 1939 to 1945, how many people were deported and forced to work in labour camps?

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Over 1.5 million

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Polish occupation: when was the Polish degree rules?

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May 1940

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Polish occupation: what did the rules of the Polish degree state for poles working in Germany and why?

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forced to wear a pee on their arm-she humiliation and singling them out
Sexual relationships with Germans banned
They were forced to take lower wages

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Polish occupation: what did Polish Jew’s face?

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Persecution and brutality

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Polish occupation: when were Polish Jews concentrated into ghettos?

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1940

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Polish occupation: what was the original population of Polish Jews in 1939, and what was that in relation to how many were murdered before the end of the war?

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Population, 1939, 3.5 million
Murdered over 3 million

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Polish occupation: how did they kill the Polish Jews?

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Network of concentration and death camps

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Polish occupation: what did this group lead the biggest of?

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Resistance groups in Europe

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Polish occupation: what happened to the power of government and what did they help establish?

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Escape to 1939 to London, and helped established secret state within Poland

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Polish occupation: how long did the uprising in Warsaw last and when did it take place?

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August 1944, for two months

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Polish occupation: how many people were killed in Warsaw pricing and what is the consequence?

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200,000 people killed and city destroyed

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netherlands occupation: when was it invaded?

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10th of May 1940

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netherlands occupation: after four days of fighting on the ground, who attacked?

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luftwaffe

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netherlands occupation: what happened on the 14th of May in Rotterdam and why?

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Heavily bombed, important, trading city, with large, docs.

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netherlands occupation: who was targeted in the Rotterdam bombing? How many people did it kill how many homes were destroyed?

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Over 800 people killed
25,000 homes, destroyed
Attack civilians

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netherlands occupation: when did the Dutch, government surrender, and how long would there be under Nazi occupation?

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after the Rotterdam bombings
Five year occupation

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netherlands occupation: what did the Royal family and government refuse to do and why did they come to the UK who were they put under control of and what was abolished?

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refuse to cooperate
Escaped exile to UK
Under control of Arthur seyss-inquart
Democracy, abolished Parliament dissolved

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netherlands occupation: as they share the same ethnic background as the Nazis, what were the civil servants allowed to do but what happened instead, how was education and why, impacted?

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suicide were allowed to continue their work, although 30% of towns, mayors step down
education didn’t change as backlash would’ve happened

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netherlands occupation: overall, how did they respond to Nazi rule?

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Respect authority and originally had general compliance

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netherlands occupation: in October 1940, what was civil servants forced to complete and why and how many people completed them?

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Several seventh forced to complete ancestry forms to remove Jewish elements and nearly everyone filled them out

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netherlands occupation: ninth of June 1940, whose birthday was it how did the people show support and what were the consequences and what happened instead?

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Prince Bernhard’s birthday war carnations to show support not punished. Royal portraits removed, and Royal Street names changed.

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netherlands occupation: a 1943, what did the Germans abandon and what did they switch over to instead?

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Attempt to went over Dutch, and switched to intimidation and violence

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netherlands occupation: how many Jews were the target and what did they impose on them from April 1942?

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Four 140,000 Jews
Had to wear star of David

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netherlands occupation: annoying 1943, where do they start supporting Jewish people to and how many have they deported and what percentage of the population was there?

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extermination camps
107,000 jews (76% of jewish population) deported.

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netherlands occupation: what caused the Nazis change and turning point in how they treated them?

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1941 in February 1 Jewish men, 425 of them rounded up for deportation communist called for strike trams, stopped work and strike as much in streets, and they Germans shot at the strikers nine killed and hundreds of arrested

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netherlands occupation: after this strikes on the 13th of March, what was the first issued against the Dutch citizens?

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Death Sentences against Dutch citizens

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netherlands occupation: who was shot retaliation to the strikes and what did it cause?

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Three strikers and 15 members of the resistance was shot. This all caused a change in attitude from the Dutch to the Nazis.

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netherlands occupation: what was demanded of Dutch man between 16 and 60 in late May and how many actually did it?

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All Dutch man reported for fast labour and 500,000 ended up working in Germany, a third of all legible man

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netherlands occupation: in 1943, what did the severe shortage of German workers meant happen in April for the Dutch?

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Thousand Dutch, X soldiers transported to Germany as forced labourers

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netherlands occupation: how did men show resistance How is this shown?

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Heard from force labour
In 1944, 300,000 men weren’t hiding

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netherlands occupation: overall, how do people show resistance to the Nazis?

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Joined forces resisting them
illegal printing pass established, which published and leafless against force labour
Armed resistance, registry, offices, attacked for ration, coupons and blank identity cards

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netherlands occupation: what happened to the people that showed resistance?

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Always 20,000 resistance members arrested most sent to the four Dutch concentration camps, but I was imprisoned in Germany and around 2000 members were executed

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netherlands occupation: due to it saying the end of occupation, near September 1944, what did the Dutch government in exile suggest and what did that conclude of?

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Railway strikes
30,000 rail workers in hiding

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netherlands occupation: what would the effects of the rail strikes in 1944?

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German had their own trains to use, but with your Dutch train, severe lack of transport, cold and food very short supply

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netherlands occupation: what were the effects of the people near the end and evidence

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Slowly worse than 11 conditions but winter 1944 to 45, had to fear food shortages
Final Warriors, 20,000 Dutch died from starvation

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netherlands occupation: when and who liberated them?

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Fifth of May 1945 by Canadian soldiers

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