The German zone of occupation covering central Poland (excluding areas directly annexed to Nazi Germany or the USSR), established after the September 1939 invasion; site of the Holocaust's principal extermination camps.
Collapsed with the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive of January 1945; territory became part of post-war Poland.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for General Government — the shape you scrub through changes in 1939 · 1941.
Recent dedicated scholarly history of the General Government specifically, covering its administration, exploitation, and role in the Holocaust.