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: Aktion Reinhard or Aktion Reinhardt; alsoknown as Einsatz Reinhard or Einsatz Reinhardt Operation Reinhard or Operation Reinhardt was the codename of the secret German plan in WW2 to …

: Generalplan Ost The main objective of Generalplan Ost was to establish a pure “German and Aryan” …

: Germanisation of Poles during Partitions After the Napoleonic Wars, Hapsburg-Austria remained in possession of parts of Lesser Poland, …

: Germanisation of Poles during Partitions After the Napoleonic Wars, Austria remained in possession …

: Gleichschaltung Lit “bringing into line”, was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler — leader …

: Volksgemeinschaft “Community” belonging to “people’s”, “folk”, …

: Weltanschauung Nazi Weltanschauung “worldview” - the core ideological force that launched Naziism …

: Lebensraum Lit. “Living space” a German concept of expansionism and Völkisch nationalism {see blog …

: Volksdeutschen (ethnic Germans) The estimated 10-million Volksdeutschen (ethnic Germans) of central- and eastern- Europe were useful …

: Polish or Pomeranian Corridor Polish Corridor (German: Polnischer Korridor; Polish: korytarz polski), also known as the Pomeranian …

: Gau Ausland [overseas Nazi-party membership] 1925 was an interesting year for postwar Germany. The Weimar Republic was beginning to reap some of …

: Blue Police / Ordnungspolizei When we visit Poland we tour the streets of the Cities, towns [שטאָט], villages [שטעטל] and village …

: Fritz Bracht (b.1899 – suicide May 9, 1945) Gauleiter Upper Silesia (wherein KL Auschwitz) Bracht was appointed to the post of Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Silesia on 1 May 1935, serving under …

: Col. Salomon Morel, NKVD (b.Garbów near Lublin 1919 – d.2007) Salomon Morel was a Jewish-officer in the [Polish-Communist] Ministry of Public Security in the …

: Zgoda/Świętochłowice formerly Arbeitslager Eintrachtshütte [KL Auschwitz] Formerly, (from 1943- January 1945) the camp in Świętochłowice operated as a labour subcamp …

: Upper Silesia after WW2 After 1945, almost all of Upper Silesia (that was not ceded to Poland in 1922) was placed under the …

: Upper Silesia inter-war years The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on …

: The Nazi Gau Upper Silesia [location of KL Auschwitsz] The Nazi Gau Upper Silesia ; also known as in German: Gau Oberschlesien was an administrative …

: Lower Silesia Also known as - in German: Provinz Niederschlesien ; in Polish: Prowincja Dolny Śląsk ; in Silesian: …

: Karl August Hanke Gaulieter Lower Silesia January 27, 1941, Hitler appoints Hanke to the position of Gauleiter [a political official governing …

: After 'Death Marches' last KL Auschwitz commander SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Richard Baer became the new commander of the KL Mittelbau The last commander of KL Auschwitz, on 1 February 1945, the 33-year-old Baer became the new …

: KL Auschwitz Commandants At the head of the concentration camp at Auschwitz stood the camp commandant, responsible for all …

: Visit to Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim No trip to the area around Auschwitz would be complete without a visit to Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in …

: Accomodation for this trip Accomodation for this trip was the Estera Hotel, Kraków, top-notch and well located for all things …

: Płaszów site and its guiding Of really tertiary interest was to meet with representatives of the Płaszów camp museum (originally …

: Remembrance Museum of the Land of Oświęcim and the Residents in Oświęcim The final objective was to meet with the director of “Remembrance Museum of the Land of …

: Counter Extremism Project being established on the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Another reason was to spend some time at the brand new institution, the “Counter Extremism …

: My recent trip to Poland I have returned from a trip to Silesian Poland Śląsk (Polish); Ślōnsk (Silesian); Schlesien …

: “…betrayal of the human spirit…’ Finished reading: The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski 📚ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849901155 An excellent read …

: Sonderkommando as witnesses “It is another world here, if you will; it is Hell, but Dante’s Hell is outrageously …

: “It is said that science will dehumanise people and turn them into numbers. That is false.. …