 Kutevera kupindirwa kweGermany muna 1939, Greater Poland yakabatanidzwa muNazi Germany, ikava dunhu rainzi Reichsgau Posen, gare gare Reichsgau Wartheland Warthe riri zita rechiGerman rerwizi rweWarta. Vanhu vokuPoland vakadzvinyirirwa, vakawanda vaimbova vakuru vakuru uye vamwe vaionekwa nevaNazi sevavengi vakaiswa mujeri kana kuurayiwa, kusanganisira paFort VIImusasa wevasungwa muPoznań. Poznań yakaziviswa guta rakasimba Festung mumatanho ekupedzisira ehondo, ichitorwa neRed Army muHondo yePoznań, yakapera musi wa22 Kukadzi 1945. 