Occupation in the East
OCCUPATION IN THE EAST
The Daily Lives of German Occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 19391944
STEPHAN LEHNSTAEDT
Translated by dbmedia
Published in 2016 by
Berghahn Books
www.berghahnbooks.com
Published in cooperation with the German Historical Institute in Warsaw
2010 Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, GmbH, Mnchen. All rights reserved.
English edition 2016, 2019 Berghahn Books
First paperback edition published in 2019
Originally published in German in 2010 as
Okkupation im Osten. Besatzeralltag in Warschau und Minsk 19391944.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lehnstaedt, Stephan, 1980 author.
Title: Occupation in the East : the daily lives of German occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 19391944 / Stephan Lehnstaedt ; translated by Martin Dean.
Other titles: Okkupation im Osten. English
Description: English edition. | New York : Berghahn Books, 2017. | Published in cooperation with the German Historical Institute, WarsawTitle page verso. | Originally published in German in 2010 as Okkupation im Osten : Besatzeralltag in Warschau und Minsk, 19391944Title page verso. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016024749| ISBN 9781785333231 (hardback : alkaline paper) | ISBN 9781785333248 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: World War, 19391945Social aspects--Poland--Warsaw. | World War, 19391945Social aspectsBelarusMinsk. | PolandHistoryOccupation, 19391945. | BelarusHistoryGerman occupation, 19411944. | GermansPolandWarsawHistory20th century. |GermansBelarusMinskHistory20th century. | Warsaw (Poland)History20th century. | Minsk (Belarus)History20th century.
Classification: LCC D802.P6 L42513 2017 | DDC 940.53/43841dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016024749
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978-1-78533-323-1 hardback
ISBN 978-1-78920-498-8 paperback
ISBN 978-1-78533-324-8 ebook
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures
Tables
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
AAN | Archiwum Akt Nowych [Archive of New Documents] |
AK | Armia Krajowa [Polish Underground] |
APW | Archiwum Panstwowe m.st. Warszawy [State Archive of the Capital City of Warsaw] |
BAB | Bundesarchiv Berlin [German Federal Archive Berlin] |
BAL | Bundesarchiv-Auenstelle Ludwigsburg [German Federal Archive-Ludwigsburg Branch] |
BALAA | Bundesarchiv-Lastenausgleichsarchiv, Bayreuth [German Federal Archive-Burden Sharing Archive] |
BAMA | Bundesarchiv-Militrarchiv [German Federal Archive-Military Archive] |
BayStA | Bayerisches Staatsarchiv [Bavarian State Archive] |
BAZAH | Bundesarchiv-Zwischenarchiv Berlin-Hoppegarten [German Federal Archive-Intermediate Archive Hoppegarten] |
Bd. | Band [Volume] |
BDC | Berlin Document Center |
BDM | Bund Deutscher Mdel [(Nazi-organized) League of German Girls] |
BdO | Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei [Senior Commander of the Order Police] |
BdS | Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD [Senior Commander of the Security Police and the SD] |
BfZg | Bibliothek fr Zeitgeschichte [Library for Contemporary History] |
BStU | Die Bundesbeauftragte fr die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik [The Federal Representative for the Documents of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic] |
CdZ | Chef der Zivilverwaltung [Head of the Civilian Administration] |
DDR | Deutsche Demokratische Republik [German Democratic Republic, or East Germany] |
DTA | Deutsches Tagebucharchiv [German Diary Archive] |
DVP | Deutsche Volkspartei [German Peoples Party] |
ERR | Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg [Operational Staff of Reich Leader Rosenberg] |
FDP | Freie Demokratische Partei [Free Democratic Party] |
GDR | German Democratic Republic (East Germany) |
Gestapo | Geheime Staatspolizei [Secret State Police] |
GG | Generalgouvernement Polen [General Government of Poland] |
GK | Generalkommissariat [General Commissariat] |
HBD | Haupteisenbahndirektion [Railway Main Office] |
HSSPF | Hherer SS- und Polizeifhrer [Higher SS and Police Leader] |
ID | Infanteriedivision [Infantry Division] |
IfZA | Institut fr Zeitgeschichte, Archiv [Institute for Contemporary History, Archive] |
IPN | Instytut Pamici Narodowej [Polish Institute of National Remembrance] |
KdG | Kommandeur der Gendarmerie [commander of the gendarmerie] |
KdO | Kommandeur der Ordnungspolizei [commander of the Order Police] |
KdS | Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD [commander of the Security Police and the SD] |
MBliV | Ministerialblatt des Reichs- und Preuischen Ministeriums des Innern (previously Ministerialblatt der inneren Verwaltung) [Ministerial Publication of the Reich and Prussian Interior Ministry (previously Ministerial Publication of the Interior Administration] |
MfS-HA | Ministerium fr Staatssicherheit der DDR, Hauptabteilung [GDR Ministry for State Security, Main Department] |
NCO | noncommissioned officers |
NL | Nachlass [legacy of collected papers] |
NSDAP | Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei [National Socialist German Workers Party] |
NSV | Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt [National Socialist Peoples Welfare Organization] |
NTN | Najwyszy Trybuna Narodowy [Highest National Tribunal] |
Ober Ost | Oberkommando Ost [High Command in the East] |
OFK | Oberfeldkommandantur [Senior Field Commandants Office] |
GZA | sterreichischen Gesellschaft fr Zeitgeschichte, Archiv [Austrian Society for Contemporary History, Archive] |
OKH | Oberkommando des Heeres [High Command of the Army] |
OKW | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht [High Command of the Armed Forces] |
POW | prisoner of war |
RFSS | Reichsfhrer SS [Reich leader of the SS] |
RGVA |