The last figure includes, however, 7,000 communities in the annexed western territories (so that only 1,000 actually remained in the rest of the country).

"Cleansing" of the annexed territories continued until early 1950s.

Soon after the annexed territories switched to Italian currency and stamps.

The settlement of the Fengu in the annexed territory had far-reaching consequences.

According to Heinemann, about 780,000 ethnic Poles in the annexed territories lost their homes between 1939 and 1944.

Eberhardt says a total of 1.053 million people were deported for forced labour from the annexed territories.

Throughout the war, the annexed Polish territories were subject to German colonization.

On July 10, 1941, the conscripts from the annexed territories were declared not reliable and sent to labor camps, where many died.

Between 1940 and 1944, around 50,000 Poles were forcibly removed from annexed territories.

Most of the annexed territory was returned to Germany on 1 August 1963.