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    The Polenlager (German pronunciation: [ˈpoːlənˌlaːɡɐ], Polish Camps) was a system of forced labor camps in Silesia that held Poles during the World War...
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    operated multiple forced labour camps in the region, including several Polenlager camps for Poles, multiple subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war...
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    Munich was the location of multiple forced labour camps, including two Polenlager camps for Polish youth, and 40 subcamps of the Dachau concentration camp...
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  • Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 Extermination camps Forced-labor camps Polenlager Transit camps (Nazi Germany), such as Drancy transit camp This article...
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    occupiers operated two forced labour camps in Ligota: one for Poles (Polenlager), and one for Jews. Jerzy Kukuczka Facade of the Basilica of Saint Louis...
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    of the Intelligenzaktion. The Germans also established and operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the present-day district of Kochłowice...
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    of Polish Women. During the war, the Germans operated a Nazi prison, a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles, a forced labour camp for Jews, and six labour...
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    labour camps were established and operated in the city: one for Poles (Polenlager) and one for Jews. In April 1944, the Germans also established a subcamp...
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    the forest between Tychy and Mikołów, and established and operated a Polenlager forced labor camp for Poles in the city, and the E701 labor subcamp of...
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    German). Retrieved 5 June 2021. "Polenlager Kattowitz-Eichenau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2021. "Polenlager Kattowitz-Idaweiche". Bundesarchiv...
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    and Rzeszów, respectively. From 1942 to 1945, the Germans operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the town. In January 1945, a German-conducted...
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    according to the labour needs of the occupier. There were also around 30 Polenlager camps among them, formally identified in Silesia as permanent (see list)...
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    "Außenkommando "Polenlager Ost" des Jugendgefängnisses München-Stadelheim". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2023. "Außenkommando "Polenlager Süd"...
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    Poles. A number of civilian labour camps (Gemeinschaftslager) for Poles (Polenlager) were established inside Polish territory. Many Poles died in German camps...
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    labour camps, including a network of forced labour camps solely for Poles (Polenlager), subcamps of prisons, POW camps and of the Gross-Rosen and Auschwitz...
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    Retrieved 9 December 2023. "Polenlager Kattowitz-Eichenau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023. "Polenlager Kattowitz-Idaweiche". Bundesarchiv...
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    camp. There were several forced labour camps in Chorzów, including one Polenlager solely for Poles, two camps solely for Jews, the E246, E594 and E725 subcamps...
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    expansion. During World War II, the Germans established and operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the district. In 1977, future Pope John...
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    Germans operated several forced labour camps in the town, including a Polenlager camp solely for Poles, a camp solely for Jews, and the E728 subcamp of...
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    of Oppeln (Opole). The Germans established and operated a network of Polenlager forced labour camps, several subcamps of Auschwitz, and several prisoner-of-war...
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    in the city, and established numerous forced labour camps, including a Polenlager camp solely for Poles, a camp solely for Jews, a penal "education" camp...
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    population was subjected to further persecution and crimes. A network of Polenlager forced labour camps was established in the region, and multiple subcamp...
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    Warthenau counties. Nazi Germany established and operated a network of Polenlager forced labour camps and multiple subcamps of the Auschwitz concentration...
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    concentration camps. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the city. The Polenlager No. 97, a forced labour camp for Poles, was operated in the city from...
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    Gestapo prison in the city, and several forced labour camps, including a Polenlager solely for Poles, a camp solely for Jews, and a subcamp of the Nazi prison...
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  • subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp established by the SS. Polenlager Ost and Polenlager Süd forced labour subcamps of the local Nazi prison for youth...
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    executed Józef Szindler, the commander of the local insurgent unit. The Polenlager No. 28, a forced labour camp for Poles, was established in the town in...
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    children by Nazi Germany Zivilarbeiter forced laborers in the Third Reich Polenlager Polish decrees Notes Ulrich Herbert (16 March 1999), The Army of Millions...
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    invasion of the USSR, the displaced Polish populations were jailed in Polenlager (Pole-storage camps) in Silesia and sent to villages designated as ghettoes...
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    were among Polish teachers murdered in Nazi concentration camps. The Polenlager No. 188, a forced labour camp for Poles, was operated in the city. During...
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