In Poland, which had suffered the loss of six million citizens, including its elite and almost its entire Jewish population due to Lebensraum and the Holocaust, most Germans were seen as Nazi-perpetrators who could now finally be collectively punished for their past deeds.
I Polen, som havde mistet seks millioner indbyggere, heriblandt eliten og næsten hele den jødiske befolkningsgruppe under Holocaust og lebensraum konceptet, blev de fleste tyskere anset for nazi-sympatisører, som nu endelig kunne kollektivt straffes for deres tidligere gerninger.