 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Panguva yokurwiswa pamwe chete kwePoland neGermany neSoviet, iyo yakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, Rytel yakatorwa neNazi Germany musi waSeptember 3, 1939. Mukati mokubata kweGermany, vagari vePoland vomunzvimbomo vakabatwa nemhosva dzakasiyana-siyana nokudzvinyirirwa, kubatanidza kuparadza, Germanisation, kutorerwa zvinhu, kudzingwa, kudzingwa kumisasa yevasungwa yeNazi uye kumanikidzwa kunyoresa kuWehrmacht. Chikoro chePolish chakavharwa, uye raibhurari yacho yakaparadzwa. Rytel yakanga iri imwe yenzvimbo dzekuurayiwa kwevaPoland, kwakaitwa nemaGerman muna 1939 sechikamu che Intelligenzaktion. Kunyange zvakadaro, sangano rePomeranian Griffin rePoland rokuramba rakanga richishanda muRytel, uye zvikoro zvePoland zvakavanzika zvakarongwa. MunaFebruary 1945, musha wacho wakatorwa nemaSoviet, uye ipapo Soviet NKVD nemaSoviet-akaiswa maPolish communists akadzvinyirira vanhu, vangangoita vagari gumi vakapondwa neNKVD kana kuendeswa kuSoviet Union. 