 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga, vaJudha vokuPoland vaiva pakati pe3 300 000 ne3 500 000 - inenge 10 muzana yevagari vose vomunyika yacho. Pashure pokupinda muPoland, hurumende yeNazi yeGermany yakatumira mamiriyoni evanhu vakabviswa munyika dzose dzokuEurope kumisasa yevasungwa neyokumanikidzirwa kushanda yakavakwa munharaunda yeGeneral Government yePoland yainge yakapambwa uye munzvimbo dzose dzePoland dzakanga dzapambwa neNazi Germany. VaJudha vazhinjisa vakasungwa mumaghetto echiNazi, ayo vairambidzwa kubuda. Nokukurumidza pashure pehondo yeGermany neSovietpakaputika muna 1941, vaGermany vakatanga kuparadza kwavo vaJudha vokuPoland kumativi ose eCurzon Line, zvakafanana nokucheneswa kwemadzinza kwevanhu vokuPoland kusanganisira vaRoma nemamwe mapoka maduku ePoland. 