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Arthur Greiser: Nazi Gauleiter of Warthegau Who Terrorized Occupied Poland
Arthur Greiser was one of Nazi Germany's most ruthless civilian leaders, serving as Gauleiter and Reich Governor of the Warthegau, where he oversaw mass expulsions, forced labour, and the murder of hundreds of thousands during the Second World War.
Born in 1897 in what was then the German Empire, Greiser rose through the Nazi Party during the chaos of the Weimar Republic, combining ideological fanaticism with personal ambition. By the time Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, he was fully committed to Adolf Hitler’s vision of racial conquest and Germanization.
After the fall of Poland…
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