21 Oct 1939
Poland
Poland
- Germans began deporting Poles from Poznan to make the province "Germanic". ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Poznan | TH]
26 Oct 1939
Poland
Poland
- Arthur Greiser became the administrator of Reichsgau Posen in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Arthur Greiser | Poznan | CPC]
4 Oct 1943
Poland
Poland
- Heinrich Himmler talked openly about the Final Solution at a meeting in Posen, Reichsgau Wartheland, Germany (Poznan, occupied Poland), noting that he cared little about the livelihood of Czechoslovakians, Russians, and other peoples in occupied Eastern Europe since the conquered people were mere slaves to Germany. He warned his lieutenant, however, that this task would not be written in history despite its importance in German history. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Poznan | CPC]
25 Jan 1945
Poland
Poland
- Posen, Germany (now Poznan, Poland) was declared a Fortress City after it was surrounded and left to wither by Soviet forces. ww2dbase [Vistula-Oder Offensive | Poznan | TH]
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