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The Generalplan Ost (German pronunciation: [ɡenəˈʁaːlˌplaːn ˈɔst]; English: Master Plan for the East), abbreviated GPO, was Nazi Germany's plan for the settlement and "Germanization" of captured territory in Eastern Europe, involving the genocide, extermination and large-scale ethnic cleansing of Slavs, Eastern European Jews, and other indigenous peoples of Eastern Europe categorized ...
The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
In 1895, GPO North was opened immediately to the north of GPO West (and connected to it across Angel Street by a second-floor footbridge), as the GPO continued to expand. [34] Known as Post Office Headquarters (PHQ), it was designed by Henry Tanner to house the Postmaster General and the GPO's administrative departments (the Secretary's Office ...
Generalplan Ost (GPO) was a Nazi plan... there is no indication that it is a German name it just looks like an English spelling mistake. --Philip Baird Shearer 10:01, 22 June 2007 (UTC) I believe it was the original name of the plan, similarly to "Fall Weiß", we do not translate proper names, do we ?
Group Policy Object General Purpose Outlet , mains socket in Australia General Purpose Output , an uncommitted digital signal pin on an integrated circuit or electronic circuit board used as an output and controllable by the user at runtime.
The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson , [ 1 ] it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films mainly related to the activities of the GPO.
For its entire history, the GPO has occupied the corner of North Capitol Street NW and H Street NW in the District of Columbia. The large red brick building that houses the GPO was erected in 1903 and is unusual in being one of the few large, red brick government structures in a city where most government buildings are mostly marble and granite.
The General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) is the former headquarters of An Post — the Irish Post Office. It remains its registered office and the principal post office of Dublin [ 1 ] — the capital city of Ireland — and is situated in the centre of O'Connell Street , the city's main thoroughfare.