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    The Gau Upper Silesia (German: Gau Oberschlesien) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1945 in the Upper Silesia part of the Prussian...
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    the Gau Oberschlesien. From 1941, the Gauliga Schlesien was split into two separate leagues, the Gauliga Niederschlesien and the Gauliga Oberschlesien. The...
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  • part of French Lorraine Gau Schlesien was divided into Gau Niederschlesien & Gau Oberschlesien in 1941 In exile in Germany Gau Niederbayern became a part...
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    Ukraine 1 September 1939  – 9 May 1945 Bezirk Bialystok Gau East Prussia Gau Schlesien Gau Oberschlesien General Government Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Reichsgau...
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    Upper Silesia (redirect from Oberschlesien)
    Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Czech: Horní Slezsko; German: Oberschlesien ; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Latin: Silesia Superior) is the southeastern...
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    Fritz Bracht (18 January 1899 – 9 May 1945) was the Nazi Gauleiter of Gau Upper Silesia. After training as a gardener, Bracht entered military service...
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    Nazi German administrative units Annexed administrative units Reichsgau/Gau (province) Regierungsbezirk (government region) Polish voivodeship/ State...
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    he was Ib–Gruppe Nord with the Deutschen Selbstschutz (Freikorps) in Oberschlesien. He participated in the failed “Beer Hall Putsch” on 9 November 1923...
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    regional capitals. These included Gau Basel-Solothurn, Gau Schaffhausen, Gau Luzern, Gau Bern and Gau Zürich. The Gau Ostschweiz (East Switzerland) combined...
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    district) Baden Württemberg Pommern (Pomerania) Ostpreußen (East Prussia) Oberschlesien (Upper Silesia) Schlesien (Silesia) Erzgebirge-Vogtland Mecklenburg...
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    the Reich for Physical Exercise. The German word Gauliga is composed of Gau, approximately meaning county or region, and Liga, or league. The plural...
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    division and as a result Upper Silesian Province was created (Provinz Oberschlesien): Kattowitz District (Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz) – entire Silesian...
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    (Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz), or unofficially East Upper Silesia (Ost-Oberschlesien), which included Sosnowiec, Będzin, Chrzanów, and Zawiercie Counties...
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    Danzig-West Prussia and Wartheland were constituted. Wartheland was the only Gau constituted solely from annexed territory, Danzig-West Prussia comprised...
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    German historical region Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk, German: Oberschlesien, Latin: Silesia Superioris, also a Czech, Austrian, and German historical...
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    Aufseuropaischen Staaten (in German). 1823. Weber, Paul (1913). Die Polen in Oberschlesien; eine statistische Untersuchung. Robarts - University of Toronto. Berlin...
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    Anna "Die Intelligenzaktion: Die Vernichtung der polnischen Oberschicht im Gau Danzig-Westpreußen" VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, ISBN 3-639-04721-4 ISBN 978-3-639-04721-9...
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    Breslau: Verlag Ferdinand Hirt. (in German) Paul Weber. 1913. Die Polen in Oberschlesien: eine statistische Untersuchung. Verlagsbuchhandlung von Julius Springer...
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    should be transferred from the General Government's Radom district to his Gau. Hitler agreed, but since Frank refused to surrender the counties, the resolution...
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