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History of Pomerania (1933–45) covers the History of Pomerania before and during World War II. The name ''Pomerania'' comes from Slavic ''po more'', which means ''Land at the Sea''.〔(''Der Name Pommern (po more) ist slawischer Herkunft und bedeutet so viel wie „Land am Meer“.'' ) (Pommersches Landesmuseum, German)〕 In 1933, the German Province of Pomerania like all of Germany came under control of the Nazi regime. During the following years, the Nazis led by Gauleiter Franz Schwede-Coburg manifested their power through the process known as Gleichschaltung and repression of their opponents.〔Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, pp.500ff,509ff ISBN 3-88680-272-8〕 At the same time, the Pomeranian Voivodeship was part of the Second Polish Republic, led by Józef Piłsudski. With respect to Polish Pomerania Nazi diplomacy as parts of its initial attempts to subordinate Poland into Anti-Comintern Pact aimed at incorporation of the Free City of Danzig into the Third Reich and an extra-territorial transit route through Polish territory, which was rejected by the Polish government, that feared economic blackmail by Nazi Germany, and reduction to puppet status.〔Joachim C. Fest, ''Hitler'', Harcourt Trade, 2002, pp. 575-577, ISBN 0-15-602754-2 ()〕 In 1939, the German Wehrmacht invaded Poland engaging in series of massacres against the civilian population, the most notable among them being the Mass murders in Piaśnica. Polish Pomerania with a part of Kashubia was made part of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia. The German state set up concentration camps, performed expulsion of the Poles and Jews, and systematically engaged in genocide of people they regarded as Untermensch (primarily, Jews and ethnic Poles). In 1945, Pomerania was taken by the Red Army during the East Pomeranian Offensive and the Battle of Berlin. Along with the Soviet offensive, atrocities against the German civilian population occurred on a large scale.〔Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, pp. 511-515, ISBN 3-88680-272-8〕 == Pomerania and the National Socialists == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Pomerania (1933–45)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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