Reichsgau Wartheland - Characteristics

Characteristics

  • Area: 43,905 km²
  • Population: 4,693,700 (1941)

The territory was inhabited by Poles and a German minority (16.7% of total population in 1921). During World War II 630,000 Poles and Jews were expelled from the territory into the occupied General Government (more than 70,000 from Poznań alone) in actions called the Kleine Planung.

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