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Albert Forster: Nazi Gauleiter Who Turned Danzig–West Prussia Into a Killing Ground
Albert Forster was the Nazi Gauleiter of Danzig–West Prussia and one of the most ruthless officials responsible for mass murder, ethnic cleansing, deportations, and forced Germanisation in occupied Poland.
Forster rose rapidly through the Nazi Party and became a loyal supporter of Adolf Hitler long before the Second World War. Following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, he gained enormous power over the newly created Reichsgau Danzig–West Prussia and helped transform the region through terror and racial persecution.
Under his rule, Jews, Poles, members of the clergy…
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