Was there Nazi Collaboration at an Institutional level in Poland?

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Both sides were basically against this idea.

While it was occupied, Poland never formally "surrendered" to Germany, making it hard for the Germans to deal with any semblance of the Polish government. Several high level leaders who were approached by the Germans to collaborate declined to do so. Several low level Polish leaders who offered their services to Germany had their offers declined. In the end, the negotiations foundered because Germany wanted, if not "unconditional surrender," something very close to it, with no real concessions given to the Poles.

The main public institutions that collaborated with Germany in Poland (after a fashion) were the Judenrat, the Jewish councils that the Germans set up in the ghettos when the Jews were forced into them.

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