Pabst Plan: Attempt to Recalculate Warsaw

On February 6, 1940, the German mayor of the city presented Hans Frank, the Governor-General of the occupied Polish territories, with the 'Pabst Plan'—a project for a radical restructuring of Warsaw following its occupation. Architect Friedrich Pabst proposed to destroy the pre-war structure of the city and create a German center with a population of 130,000 instead of 1.3–1.5 million. This was an example of the policy of Germanization of occupied territories: destruction of historical monuments and reconfiguration of the city. The plan was never implemented, as the Red Army liberated the Polish people and the Great Patriotic War led to the final defeat of Nazism.

Context

After the beginning of World War II, Germany occupied most of Poland and sought to Germanize the occupied territories.