 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Germany yakapinda muPoland muna September 1939, ichitanga Hondo Yenyika II, Hitler akarayira kuti vatungamiriri vePoland nevakangwara vaparadzwe. Nzvimbo yakapoteredza Auschwitz yakabatanidzwa kuGerman Reich, sechikamu chekutanga cheGau Silesia uye kubva muna 1941 Gau Upper Silesia. Musasa weAuschwitz wakatangwa muna April 1940, pakutanga somusasa wairambidzwa kupinda muvanhu nokuda kwevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vokuPoland. Pana June 22, 1941, achiedza kuwana ndima itsva, Hitler akapinda muSoviet Union. Kuuraya negasi kwokutanga muAuschwitz kweboka revasungwa vehondo veSoviet kwakaitika munenge muna August 1941. Pakupera kwegore iroro, mukati meizvo vanyori vezvakaitika kare vakawanda vanorangarira sorutivi rwokutanga rweHolocaust, vaJudha vokuSoviet 500 000 kusvika ku800 000 vakanga vaurawa mukupfurwa kwakawanda nokubatanidzwa kweEinsatzgruppen dzeGermany, varwiwo zvavo veGermany, uye vashandi vomunzvimbomo. Pamusangano weWannsee muBerlin musi wa20 Ndira 1942, Reinhard Heydrich akarondedzera Kugadziriswa kwekupedzisira kweMubvunzo wechiJudha kuvakuru veNazi, uye kubva kutanga kwa1942 zvitima zvekutakura zvinhu zvakaendesa maJuda kubva kunzvimbo dzese dzeEurope dzakatorwa kuenda kumisasa yekuuraya yeGerman muPoland: Auschwitz, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, uye Treblinka. Vasungwa vazhinjisa vakapiswa gasi pavakasvika. 