Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokupinda kweGermany neSoviet muPoland, uko kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, guta racho rakagarwa neGermany
kusvikira muna 1945 uye vaPoland vomunzvimbomo vakabatwa nemhosva dzakasiyana-siyana. Musi waOctober 21, 1939, "Einsatzgruppe VI" yeGermany yakaita kuurayiwa kwevanhu 15 vokuPoland panzvimbo huru sechikamu che"Intelligenzaktion". Vakaurayiwa vacho vaiva mhizha nevakuru vakuru vomunharaunda yeKrobia uye varimi nevaridzi venyika vemisha yaiva pedyo. Yaiva imwe yezviurayiwa zvakawanda zvevaPoland zvakaitwa neGermany musi waOctober 20-23 mudunhu rose mukuedza kunyaradza nekutyisidzira vanhu vePoland. Muna December 1939, kudzingwa kwokutanga kwevanhu 50 vokuPoland (vadzidzisi, vakuru vakuru vomunharaunda uye vashandi vane mhuri) kwakaitwa nemapurisa eGermany. Kudzingwazve kwakaitwa muna 1940. VaPoland vakadzingwa vakachengetwa mumisasa yekufambisa muGostyń ne Łódź ndokuzodzingwa kuTarnów uye nharaunda yeLublin muGeneral Government (German-yakapihwa pakati pePoland), nepo dzimba dzavo dzakapihwa maGerman colonists sechikamu che "Lebensraum" mutemo.