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On October
26, 1939, the German occupation authorities established a political
administration known as the Generalgouvernement in the sector
of occupied Poland that had not been annexed to the Reich. The name
originated in World War I, during which the Germans also occupied
Poland and established a civil regime under this title. The Generalgouvernement
was divided into four districts—Warsaw, Cracow, Radom, and
Lublin—each of which was parceled into subdistricts. The capital
of the Generalgouvernement was Cracow. After the Germans
invaded the Soviet Union, they added a fifth district, Galicia. The Generalgouvernement
was headed by Governor-General Hans Frank.
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