Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, Poland yakapambwa neGermany uye neNazi Germany
rakatanga. Musi waSeptember 6<unk>8, 1939, "Einsatzgruppe II" yakapinda muguta kuti iite mhosva dzakasiyana-siyana dzokurwisana nevaPoland. Kutsvaga kwakawanda kwemasangano ePoland, mahofisi nedzimba, uye kusungwa kwakawanda kwevapristi, vadzidzisi, vakangwara uye varwi vevatatu vanopesana neGerman, Silesian Uprisings (1919<unk>1921) yakaitika. Sinagoge rakapiswa apo vashomanene vechiGermany vakagamuchira nomufaro mauto echiNazi anopinda. Pakutanga muna September 1939, vaGermany vakaponda vanhu vokuPoland vanopfuura 20 mumatunhu eLasowice, Strzybnica uye Repty Śląskie. Pakati pevakaurayiwa paiva nevashandi vemumigodhi, vaimbova vapanduki uye mukuru wechikoro wokuChorzów yaiva pedyo. Germany yakavamba ndokubata jeri ravaPolish mutaundi racho. Mukati mokubatwa, Armia Krajowa (Army of the Home, sangano rinotungamirira rokuPoland rokuramba riri pasi pevhu) rakaita mushandirapamwe wokuparadza mauto echiNazi, kutakura njanji uye indasitiri yomunzvimbomo. MaGerman aishandisa misasa miviri yekumanikidzirwa ye &lt;a href="Stalag%20VIII-B"&gt;Stalag VIII-B/344&lt;/a&gt; musasa wevasungwa vehondo mutaundi. Kusunungurwa kweSilesia kwakauya mukutanga kwa1945; kuitira kuchengetedza zvivakwa zveindasitiri mudunhu iri, veRed Army vakavhura kurwisa vachitsigirwa nenhamba huru dzemauto nekushandisa kushoma kwezvombo zvehondo zvinorema uye kurwisa nendege. Maererano nezvakataurwa nezvapupu, basa racho rose rakakurumidza zvikuru; mapoka asingaverengeki, akabatana, emasoja eRussia akapfuura nomuguta racho mumaminiti mashomanana akateverwa nokumira kwakaperera. Rusununguko kubva kuvapambi vechiNazi rwakauya nemutengo mukuru uye Poland yakarasikirwa norusununguko rwayo zvakare; kunyange zvazvo zviri pamutemo yaiva nyika ine uchangamire, chaizvoizvo nyika yacho yaitongwa nehurumende yechidhori yakaiswa uye yaidzorwa zvizere neSoviet Union yaJoseph Stalin.