Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokupinda muPoland nokuputika kweHondo Yenyika II, Wehrmacht yeGermany yakatora
guta racho musi waSeptember 10, 1939. Yakabatanidzwa muReichsgau Wartheland sechikamu chedunhu kana dunhu ("kreis") reWreschen. VaGerman vakaita kusungwa kukuru kwevaPolish vemuno, avo vakazosungwa mutirongo yemuno, uye vakakurumidza kuurayiwa mukuuraya kukuru mumasango ari pedyo muna Gumiguru naNovember 1939. Vanhu vokuPoland vakadzingwawo vakawanda, kunyange zvazvo sangano rokuPoland rakaramba richishingaira munguva yose yehondo. Sinagoge rakaparadzwa muna 1940 uye musasa wevasungwa vehondo veFrance wakashanda munharaunda yacho. Uyezve, kubva muna April 1941 kusvika muna 1943 musasa wokushanda zvakaoma wevaJudha waiva pedyo neguta racho. Kutevera kusvika kweRed Army uye kuguma kwehondo guta rakaitwa chikamu chePeople's Republic of Poland.