This
is a map of what happened to Poland in September 1939 as a result of
the occupation of the country by German and Russian forces. You
can
see the eastern boundary of Poland as a yellow line, and then the white
demarcation line between Russia and Germany which was agreed in the
1939 Nazi-Soviet agreement to divide up Poland. So the eastern
part of
the country was
occupied by Russia. You can also see East Prussia to the north of
Poland. What remained of Poland under German occupation was
called the General Government. From looking at the map, you can
also see locations of the major Jewish ghettos throughout Poland (in
the major cities) to where the Germans forced the Jews to relocate and
live there in strictly defined, separate sections of the cities. |
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