GERMAN OCCUPATION
THE TERROR OF OCCUPATION THE PROBLEMS OF DAILY LIFE
A LIST OF REGULATIONS AND DECREES

A list of decrees regulating life in occupied Warsaw (failure to obey these bans results in severe punishment, even death).

Introduction of a police curfew from 7/8/9/10 p.m. to 5 a.m. From September 28, 1939
Confiscation of all radio receivers. From October 1939
Ban on selling food on the streets.November 6, 1939
Ban on all street sales. January 5, 1940
Ban on processions (religious).Easter 1940
Ban on posting death announcements on the walls of churches, houses and cemetery walls. January 1940
Ban on funeral processions outside of cemetery walls. Fall 1940
Ban on organizing dances, both public and private. Venues are forbidden to play dancing music. January 28, 1941

A list of decrees regulating life in occupied Warsaw (failure to obey these bans results in severe punishment, even death).

The obligation to carry ID (“Kennkarte”) and worker's (“Ausweis”) cards. June 13, 1941
Ban on photographing “buildings, streets and squares with visible signs of war damage as a result of air raids.” June 30, 1941
Regulation about sending messages: It is forbidden to use artificial languages, such as Esperanto, secret languages or Hebrew. It is unacceptable to use shorthand or the alphabet for the blind. When writing a message, one cannot use any camouflaged type of print, and especially not invisible ink. It is also forbidden to use envelopes with a secret compartment. April 22, 1942
Poles are banned from entering the Saxon Garden, one of the most beautiful parks in Warsaw. The ban was earlier imposed on the Łazienki Park, and in 1944 on the Żoliborz and Ujazdowski Parks.May 4th 1942
The City of Warsaw is obliged to pay the first "contribution" of 10 million zlotys to the Nazis.November 1942
Ban on using stoves and electric heaters. December 1942
A gas limit of 30m3 per month is imposed on every apartment. April 1, 1943
A list of decrees regulating life in occupied Warsaw (failure to obey these bans results in severe punishment, even death).

Ban on bathing and spending time on the beaches of the Vistula River.July 16, 1943
The City of Warsaw is obliged to pay the second "contribution" of 10 million zlotys to the Nazis.March 1943
The ban on selling light bulbs to Polish citizens. The end of 1943
The City of Warsaw is obliged to pay the third "contribution", of 100 million zlotys to the Nazis after the assassination of Franz Kutschera, the leader of SS and Police in Warsaw.February 1944
SOURCE: T. SZAROTA, OKUPOWANEJ WARSZAWY DZIEŃ POWSZEDNI (DAILY LIFE IN OCCUPIED WARSAW), WARSAW, 2010