Pasinei nezvirongwa zveguta kuti rive nzvimbo yePoland yakabatana neGeneral Government, hutongi hweNazi hwakaremekedza zvido zvevagari vazhinji vechiGerman uye gavhuna weReichsgau Wartheland Arthur Greiser nekubatanidza guta racho kuReich munaNovember 1939. Vazhinji veGerman muguta, zvisinei, vakaramba kusaina Volksliste uye kuva Volksdeutsche; ivo vakaendeswa neGeneral Government. Guta rakapihwa zita idzva re "Litzmannstadt" mushure meKarl Litzmann, mukuru wechiGerman uyo akange aritora panguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Mubvunzo: Zita ripi rakapihwa guta?
Litzmannstadt