Documenta Occupationis

I I I CZESŁAW ŁUCZAK V . DOCUMENTA L O OCCUPATIONIS V EXPULSIONS OF POLISH CIVILIANS IN THE TERRITORIES INCORPORATED INTO THE REICH 1939–1945 EXPULSIONS OF POLISH CIVILIANS IN THE TERRITORIES INCORPORATED INTO THE REICH 1939 – 1945 SELECTED SOURCES DOCUMENTA OCCUPATIONIS VIII EXPULSIONS OF POLISH CIVILIANS IN THE TERRITORIES INCORPORATED INTO THE REICH 1939 – 1945 SOURCES SELECTED AND EDITED BY CZESŁAW ŁUCZAK POZNAŃ INSTITUTE FOR WESTERN AFFAIRS 1969 Reprint of the 1969 edition Original title: Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej na tzw. ziemiach wcielonych do Rzeszy 1939 – 1945 Editorial team: Bogumił Rudawski (editor) Monika Jania-Szczechowiak (proofreading) Anzelma Kwiatkowska (proofreading) Maciej Grochowski (graphic design) Translation from Polish into English: Graham Crawford Thomas Anessi Krzysztof Kotkowski © Copyright by Instytut Zachodni PL ISSN 0860-4142 ISBN 978-83-61736-87-5 Poznań 2019 The publication was prepared thanks to co-financing by the National Programme for the Development of Humanities within the project “Documenta Occupationis Instytutu Zachodniego, t. I-VIII” (31H 13 0173 82). TABLE OF CONTENTS New Introduction . IX From the publisher . XV Introduction . XVII Documents 1 H. Himmler’s order on the expulsion of Poles in the territories incorporated into the Reich �� 1 2 Expulsion of Poles from Poznań �� 2 3 Plans and instructions for the expulsion of Poles and Jews from the territories incorporated into the Reich �� 3 4 Official directives on drawing up lists of Poles designated for expulsion �� 6 5 SS and police instructions for conducting expulsions of Jews and Poles �� 11 6 Form obliging members of the SS-Sonderkommando to maintain the secrecy of operations for the expulsion and arrest of Poles �� 12 7 Personal searches of expelled Poles �� 13 8 Order to leave the Landkreis Mogilno within 24 hours under threat of being sent to a concentration camp �� 14 9 Nomination of SS-Gruppenführer Wilhelm Koppe as plenipotentiary for the expulsion of the Polish population and resettlement of Ger- mans in the Reichsgau Wartheland �� 15 10 Prohibition on expelled Poles bringing German currency or Polish money in excess of 100 zł into the General Government . 16 11 Living conditions of Poles in the Poznań-Główna transit camp �� 17 12 Order for the summary execution of Poles and Jews who returned to the territories incorporated into the Reich after expulsion �� 20 13 Proposal to expel 209 families of Wielkopolska Insurgents from the Landkreis Obornik . 21 14 Confirmation of acceptance by the mayor of Tarnobrzeg of a transport of Poles expelled from Rawicz . 22 15 Assessment by Nazi authorities of the first expulsions of Poles and Jews from the Reichsgau Wartheland and further plans for the expulsion operation . 22 16 Expulsion of Poles from Koźmin . 33 V 17 Conduct of the Polish rural population during expulsions from the Landkreis Ostrowo [Ostrów Wlkp.] �� 33 18 Guidelines from the Reich authorities for expulsions of populations from the territories incorporated into the Reich �� 34 19 Expulsion of Poles from the Landkreis Hohensalza [Inowrocław] . 38 20 Expulsion of Polish peasants from the Landkreis Schrimm [Śrem] 38 21 Ban on German soldiers intervening on behalf of expelled Poles �� 39 22 Confiscation of silver coins in the possession of expelled Poles . 40 23 Arrest of a Pole for attempting to carry out correspondence from expelled Poles held in the Poznań-Główna transit camp . 41 24 Transport under police escort of Poles expelled from Rawicz . 42 25 Participation of Security Police in expelling Poles in Rawicz . 42 26 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkries Schrimm [Śrem] in freezing conditions and without provisions . 43 27 Guidelines on searching for Poles hiding from expulsion . 44 28 Directives on conducting expulsion operations in the Landkreis Warthbrücken [Koło] . 46 29 Searching for Poles fleeing expulsion in the Landkreis Lentschütz [Łęczyca] �� 49 30 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkreis Schieratz [Sieradz] . 51 31 Expulsion of Poles in the Gemeinde Dabie [Dąbie nad Nerem] . 53 32 Taking down the personal details of expelled Poles in Gniezno . 54 33 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkreis Gostingen [Gostyń] . 55 34 Position of the Nazi authorities on the expulsion of Poles with relatives working in the Reich or residing in the USA, and of Poles who have saved German lives . 57 35 Order to maintain an official register of Poles who have fled expulsion . 59 36 Proposal for the reorganisation of expulsion operations . 60 37 Poles hiding from expulsion in the Reichsgau Wartheland and pro- posals from the German authorities for its prevention . 63 38 Expulsion and re-housing of Poles and Jews in Łódź . 66 39 Execution of two Poles who escaped from a transport . 67 40 Registration card of people expelled from the Reichsgau Wartheland 71 41 Poles fleeing expulsion . 72 42 Expulsion of Poles from the homes they occupied and the resulting overcrowding in the living quarters of other Poles . 73 43 The sale and hiding of various objects for fear of expulsion �� 73 44 Number of peasant families expelled by mid-1940 in some Kreise of the Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza [Inowrocław] �� 74 VI 45 Statement form signed by expelled Poles. Refusal to sign form by Stanisław Stachowiak from Bolechów . 75 46 Preparations for the expulsion operation in the Żywiec area . 75 47 Unrest among Poles in the Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza [Inow- rocław] aroused by expulsions. Spending the night in fields in an effort to avoid expulsion �� 79 48 Handing over telecommunications equipment to police divisions taking part in expulsion operations . 79 49 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkreis Chelm [Chełm] . 80 50 Results of the police operation to hunt for Poles trying to avoid expulsion �� 84 51 Participation of police in expelling Poles in the Żywiec area . 86 52 Expulsion of peasants in the Lankreis Rawitsch [Rawicz] . 86 53 Statistics on Poles expelled to the General Government as of 15 November 1940 . 87 54 Proposal for the resettlement of certain peasant families in the Re- gierungsbezirk Hohensalza [Inowrocław] onto poorer farms . 88 55 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkreis Saybusch [Żywiec] �� 89 56 Number of illnesses and deaths among Poles in transit camps in the Reichsgau Wartheland . 90 57 Expulsion of Poles in the Regierungsbezirk Zichenau [Ciechanów] 91 58 Expelled Poles walking from an assembly point in Żywiec-Zabłocie to the station in Żywiec (summer 1940–1941) . 92 59 Expulsion of Poles from Sól and Zwardoń in the Lankreis Saybusch [Żywiec] (1940–1941) . 93 60 Expulsion of Poles from the Żywiec area �� 96 61 Contingent of Poles designated for expulsion from the Reichsgau Wartheland in 1941 . 98 62 Experience and conclusions drawn from police participation in the expulsion of Poles in the Żywiec area �� 99 63 Theft of gold objects and valuable jewellery belonging to expelled Poles . 106 64 Guidelines for expelling Poles in Silesia . 107 65 Arrest of a Polish child accidentally left behind in Bydgoszcz after the family was expelled . 112 66 Request from a German woman to be allocated a flat in Poznań occupied by a Polish family . 112 67 Poles’ successful effort to expose the expulsions in the Landkreis Konin . 113 68 Confiscation of the possessions of the expelled �� 114 VII 69 Registration card for the expelled in the Reichsgau Danzig-West- preussen [West Prussia] . 116 70 Resettlement of Poles to Rakoniewice without food, ration cards or everyday items ��117 71 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkreis Schwetz [Świecie] . 118 72 Poles expelled in a village in Wielkopolska, walking to an assembly point and waiting at the assembly point to be transported further on . 119 73 The meanderings of expelled Poles in the Reichsgau Wartheland 120 74 Expulsion of Poles in the Landkreis Karthaus [Kartuzy] with a ban on luggage ��121 75 Expulsion, re-housing and transport to the Reich of Poles from the Reichsgau Wartheland . 122 76 Concentration of decision-making on the expulsion of Poles from the Reichsgau Wartheland in the Umwandererzentralstelle Poznań, Duty Station in Łódź ��126 77 Checking the correspondence of Poles in transit camps �� 128 78 Confiscation of small farms in the Reichsgau Wartheland and expulsion of their owners to the Reich and the General Government 128 79 Expulsion of representatives of the

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