germany and the soviet union split poland in september 1939.
germany and the soviet union split poland in september 1939.
when did germany and the soviet union split poland?
september 1939
the second world war in 1939 ended the sovereign second polish republic. the german invasion of poland began on 1 september 1939, one week after nazi germany and the soviet union signed the secret molotov–ribbentrop pact. on that day, germany and slovakia attacked poland, and on 17 september the soviets attacked eastern poland. warsaw fell to the nazis on 28 september after a twenty-day siege. open organized polish resistance ended on 6 october 1939 after the battle of kock, with germany and the soviet union occupying most of the country. lithuania annexed the area of wilno, and slovakia seized areas along poland's southern border - including górna orawa and tatranská javorina - which poland had annexed from czechoslovakia in october 1938. poland did not surrender to the invaders, but continued fighting under the auspices of the polish government-in-exile and of the polish underground state. after the signing of the german–soviet treaty of friendship, cooperation and demarcation on 28 september 1939, polish areas occupied by nazi germany either became directly annexed to the third reich, or became part of the so-called general government. the soviet union, following elections to the people's assemblies of western ukraine and western belarus (22 october 1939), annexed eastern poland partly to the byelorussian soviet socialist republic, and partly to the ukrainian soviet socialist republic (november 1939).
second polish republic
on 15 march 1966, yad vashem recognized šimaitė as a righteous among the nations, planting a tree in her honour. šimaitė died outside of paris on 17 january 1970 and, per her request, her body was donated to science. in 2015, lithuania's first street named in honor of a righteous among the nations was unveiled in vilnius; the street is named "simaites street", after šimaitė.









































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bullet::::- epistolophilia: writing the life of ona simaite, by julija sukys









































bullet::::- ona šimaitė papers at the hoover institution archives









































bullet::::- united states holocaust memorial museum - ona simaite, joop westerweel, irena sendlerowa
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