The western part of prewar Poland was annexed outright by Germany . Some Poles were expelled from the annexed lands to make room for German settlers . Parts of eastern Poland became part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine and Reichskommissariat Ostland . The rest of German-occupied Poland , dubbed by Germany the '' General Government '' , was administered by Germany as occupied territory . The '' General Government '' received no international recognition . It is estimated that the Germans killed more than 2 million non-Jewish Polish civilians . Nazi German planners called for " the complete destruction " of all Poles , and their fate , as well as that of many other Slavs , was outlined in a genocidal '' Generalplan Ost '' ( General Plan East )
expelled from the annexed lands
Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany
"Polish death camp" controversy