Gollert, Friedrich. Warschau unter deutscher Herrschaft - Deutsche Aufbauarbeit im Distrikt Warschau [”Warsaw under German Rule. Rebuilding of the Warsaw District by Germans.”]

(HOLOCAUST).

Cracow

1942

Photographic plates. Frontispiece portrait of Hans Frank, who was the Generalgouverneur in occupied Poland. Foreword by the Gouverneur of the Distrikt Warschau, Dr. Ludwig Fischer (with his portrait).

Published to commemorate the second anniversary of the “Generalgouvernment Polen,” on the ‘rebuilding’ of Warsaw and the ‘improvements’ of the district under German rule. Includes a 12-page section on the Warsaw Ghetto in which the author describes how after the takeover of the city, Jews were found in filthy living conditions rampant with infectious diseases. In order to ‘protect’ the rest of the population and the German army, German authorities were ‘forced’ to create a separate “Wohnbezirk” (living district) for Jews to keep them from spreading diseases. The Warsaw Ghetto was established in October/November 1940 with over 400,000 Jews residing in an area of 1.3 square miles.