“2—The confiscation of a great part of the Polish estates and the expropriation without compensation and resettlement of Polish peasants from manoeuvre areas and from German settlements.
“3—Encroachments and confiscations in the industries, in commerce and trade and in the field of private property.
“4—Mass arrests and mass shootings by the German police who applied the system of collective responsibility.
“5—The rigorous methods of recruiting workers.
“6—The extensive paralyzation of cultural life.
“7—The closing of high schools, junior colleges, and universities.
“8—The limitation, indeed the complete elimination of Polish influence from all spheres of State administration.
“9—Curtailment of the influence of the Catholic Church, limiting its extensive influence—an undoubtedly necessary move—and, in addition, until quite recently, the closing and confiscation of monasteries, schools and charitable institutions.” (437-PS)
In order to illustrate how completely Frank as Governor General is identified with the criminal policies whose execution is reported in the foregoing document, and the extent to which they were the official policies of his administration, it is proposed to annotate several of the items with passages from Frank’s own diary.
(1) Undernourishment of Polish population. The extent of the undernourishment of the Polish population was reported to Frank in September 1941 by Obermedizinalrat Dr. Walbaum: