Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Panguva yokurwiswa kwakaitwa Poland neGermany neSoviet, iyo yakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, muna September 1939, guta reJanów rakaputirwa mabhomba katatu neLuftwaffe, iro rakauraya vanhu 350 uye rakaparadza 85% yeguta racho. Guta racho rakazotorwa neGermany
. Vanenge 17 vokuPoland kubva County vakapondwa vokuRussia mune guru Katyn kuurayiwa muna April-May 1940, apo muna June 1940, vaGermany akaita vakawanda kusungwa vokuPoland vemo panguva "AB-Aktion". VaPolish vakasungwa vakaiswa mujeri muLublin, uye ipapo vaiwanzoendeswa kumisasa yevasungwa yeSachsenhausen neAuschwitz, nepo vamwe vakaurayiwa panguva yekuurayiwa kukuru kwevaPolish kwakaitwa muRury, Lublin. Musasa webasa rokumanikidzirwa wakavhurwa muna 1940, uye vaJudha vomutaundi racho vakatambudzwa nevakanga vagara munzvimbo yacho. Paiva nemapoka anoverengeka echiJudha aiita zvechisimba mumasango eJanów kwenguva yehondo. Pasinei neizvi, vaJudha vanenge 20 bedzi vomutaundi vakapona muHolocaust pavaJudha 3.500 kusvika ku5.000 vaigara mutaundi hondo isati yatanga.