 Kutevera Operation Barbarossa, vaJudha vakawanda vaiva muPoland yokumabvazuva panguva iyoyo vakava vanyajambwa vemapoka orufu echiNazi ainzi Einsatzgruppen, ayo akauraya vaJudha, zvikurukuru muna 1941. Kumwe kwokuuraya uku kwakafuridzirwa neGermany kwakaitwa nebetsero, kana kubatanidzwa kunoshingaira kwevaPoland ivo vamene: somuenzaniso, Jedwabne pogrom, umo pakati pe300 Institute of National Remembrances Final Findings navaJudha 1.600 Jan T. Gross vakatambudzwa ndokurohwa kusvikira vafa nemitezo yavagari vemo. Kukura kwakakwana kwekutora chikamu kwePoland mukuurayiwa kwenharaunda yechiPolish yechiJuda kunoramba kuri nyaya inopokana, muchidimbu nekuda kwekuramba kwevatungamiriri vechiJuda kubvumidza zvisaririra zvevakaurayiwa vechiJuda kuti zvibviswe uye chikonzero cherufu rwavo kuti chigadziriswe nemazvo. Polish Institute for National Remembrance yakaratidza mamwe maguta makumi maviri nemaviri ayo akanga ane pogroms akafanana neJedwabne. Zvikonzero zvokuponda uku zvichiri kukurukurwa, asi zvaisanganisira kusada vaJudha, kutsamwira pamusoro pokufungidzirwa kubatana nevanopinda veSoviet muHondo yePoland-Soviet uye mukati mekupinda kwe1939 kwematunhu eKresy, makaro ezvinhu zvevaJudha, uye chokwadika kumanikidza kwevaNazi kutora chikamu mukuuraya kwakadaro. 