Krakau

Krakau Capital of the Generalgouvernement
Details
Population	1.75M
State GDP	$545.84M
GDP/C	$310
Culture	Polish-Volksdeutsch

Krakau (Polish: Kraków) is the capital of the Generalgouvernement der Weichsel

In-Game Description

Description when Krakau is German

Owing to its status as a cultural and artistic centre of the Polish nation as opposed to its actual capital, Kraków largely escaped serious infrastructural damage during the war - but that does not mean it went unscathed.

Vast sections of its population 'vanished' into the night and fog, leaving entire streets and city blocks empty and silent. The universities have been closed, the churches repurposed, and the construction of vast factory complexes with attached labour camps have completed Kraków's transformation into an industrial nightmare held in a vice grip by the demands of the Reich.

While Warsaw's destruction represented to the Polish nation the short term destructiveness of Germany's new order, Kraków's enslavement is a painful reminder of its long term intent to stamp out all that made Poland proud.

Description when Kraków is Polish

Owing to its status as a cultural and artistic centre of the Polish nation as opposed to its actual capital, Kraków largely escaped serious infrastructural damage during the war - but that does not mean it went unscathed.

Vast sections of its population 'vanished' into the night and fog, leaving entire streets and city blocks empty and silent. The universities were closed, the churches repurposed, and the construction of vast factory complexes with attached labour camps completed Kraków's transformation into an industrial nightmare held in a vice grip by the demands of the Reich.

But, with Poles once again ruling in Kraków, change is washing over the city. While decades of oppression and Germanization cannot be overwritten in a day, there is a new determination among the citizens of Kraków, long ground down under the Nazi jackboot. What the new Kraków will look like - and whether it can survive the seemingly inevitable resumption of hostilities between Poland and Germany - remains to be seen.