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In today’s episode, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the largely forgotten occupation of Poland during WW1. The German occupation completely changed Poland forever and granted its people many rights they hadn’t had before and paved the way for Polish independence. Simultaneously, Germany ruthlessly exploited the land and even sent thousands of people into forced labour. This video will look at all the various aspects and then discuss how the occupation should be viewed today.

Literature:
- Bemmann, Martin: „... kann von einer schonenden Behandlung keine Rede sein“. Zur forst- und landwirtschaftlichen Ausnutzung des Generalgouvernements Warschau durch die deutsche Besatzungsmacht 1915-1918, in: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 55 (2007), Nr. 1, pp. 1-33.
- Kauffman, Jesse: Warsaw University under German occupation. State building and nation Bildung in Poland during the Great War, in: First World War Studies 4 (2013), Nr. 1, pp. 65-79.
- Lehnstaedt, Stephan: Besatzungswirtschaft im Generalgouvernement Warschau und in Osteuropa, in: Boldorf, Marcel (Ed.): Deutsche Wirtschaft im Ersten Weltkrieg, Berlin 2020, pp. 575-600.
- Lehnstaedt, Stephan: Imperiale Polenpolitik in den Weltkriegen. Eine vergleichende Studie zu den Mittelmächten und zu NS-Deutschland, Osnabrück 2017
- MacLean, Pam: Control and Cleanliness. German—Jewish Relations in Occupied Eastern Europe during the First World War, in: War & Society 6 (1998), Nr. 2, pp. 47-69.
- Polsakiewicz, Marta: Warschau im Ersten Weltkrieg, Marburg 2015.
- Steinberg, John W.: Warfare 1914-1918 (Russian Empire), in: International Encyclopedia of the First World War, https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online... (accessed on 08.02.2024).
- Westerhoff, Christian: Zwangsarbeit im Ersten Weltkrieg. Deutsche Arbeitskräftepolitik im besetzten Polen und Litauen 1914-1918, Paderborn 2011.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:55 CyberGhost
2:22 The Occupation of Poland
6:07 German Views towards Poles and Jews
9:31 Politics and Administration
14:23 Education
18:49 Economic Exploitation
23:07 Labour Policies
27:48 Conclusion
29:25 Outro