 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupinda muPoland kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, Nazi Germany yakaita kurwisa nendege musi waSeptember 12, 1939, uye ipapo mauto eGermany akapinda muguta musi waSeptember 6. Pashure pacho, Einsatzgruppe I yeGermany yakapinda muguta kuti iite utsinye hwakasiyana-siyana kuvanhu, uye ipapo mitezo yaro yakabatanidza mapurisa eGermany emunharaunda nemasimba okuchengetedza. Mukutonga kweGermany guta racho rakaitwa rutivi rweGeneral Government. VaPoland vakadzingwa muna Zvita 1939 kubva kumisha yakati wandei muGerman-yakapindirwa Sieradz County vakaendeswa kuzvitima zvezvitima kuNowy Sącz, nepo vazhinji vemuno vaive pakati pevaPoland vakasungwa muMontelupich Prison ine mukurumbira muKraków uye vakazourayiwa muKrzeszławice Fort yeKraków Fortress, sechikamu che Intelligenzaktion. Nemhaka yokuswedera kwayo pedyo neSlovakia, yakanga iri panzira huru yevarwi vaipikisa vePolish Home Army. Gestapo yakanga ichishingaira mukubata avo vaiedza kuyambuka muganhu, kubatanidza kuurawa kwavatyairi vendege vanoverengeka vePoland. Muna June 1940, vapanduki vakanunura Jan Karski muchipatara imomo, uye gore rimwe gare gare vanhu 32 vakapfurwa mukutsiva nokuda kwokutiza; vamwe vanoverengeka vakatumirwa kumisasa yechibharo. 