Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokupinda kweGermany neSoviet muPoland, uko kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, taundi racho rakapambwa uye ipapo
rakagarwa neGermany. Barcin yaiva imwe yenzvimbo dzekuurayiwa kwevanhu vokuPoland kwakaitwa neGermany muna 1939 sechikamu che"Intelligenzaktion". VaPoland vatatu avo vakaberekerwa kana kuti vaigara muBarcin vakapondwawo nemaRussia mukuuraya kukuru kweKatyn muna Kubvumbi-Chivabvu 1940. Muna 1943, maGerman akatumidza guta iri "Bartelstädt" kudzima zvisaririra zvePoland, zvisinei zita renhoroondo rakadzorerwa mushure mekunge basa reGerman rapera muna 1945.