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Synthetically, it presents the crisis in Polish-German relations which began in the autumn of 1938. The text also introduces the operational groups of the Security Police and Security Service that entered Polish territory after the Wehrmacht units and whose actions in Poland in the autumn of 1939 were extremely brutal and cruel. Their task was to \u201cclean up\u201d the territory occupied by Germany from \u201celements\u201d hostile to the Reich and pacify it. After the dissolution of operational groups this activity was continued by in situ Gestapo offices.<br \/>\n<em>Keywords:<\/em> German invasion; Poland; Second World War; Hitler<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newspaper.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcin Przegi\u0119tka Historical Research Office, Institute of National Remembrance (Poland) &nbsp; Abstract. 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