Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia

Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
Reichsgau of Nazi Germany
1939–1945
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue)
Capital	Danzig
Government
Gauleiter
• 1939–1945	Albert Forster
History
• Establishment	8 October 1939
• Disestablishment	1 August 1945
Preceded by Succeeded by Pomeranian Voivodeship Free City of Danzig Marienwerder Gau East Prussia Gdańsk Voivodeship Masurian District
Today part of	Poland

Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (German: Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany created on 8 October 1939 from annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, the Greater Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish Corridor), and the Regierungsbezirk West Prussia of Gau East Prussia.

Before 2 November 1939, the Reichsgau was called Reichsgau West Prussia.^[1] Though the name resembled that of the pre-1920 Prussian province of West Prussia, the territory was not identical. Unlike the former Prussian province, the Reichsgau included the Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) region in the south and lacked the Deutsch-Krone (Wałcz) region in the west.

The province's capital was Danzig (Gdańsk), and its population without the city was (in 1939) 1,487,452. The province's area was 26,056 km², 21,237 km² of which was annexed Danzig and Pomeranian territory.^[1] During the Reichsgau's short existence, Poles and Jews in that area were subjected by Nazi Germany to extermination as "subhumans".