 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana September 1, 1939, zuva rokutanga rokupinda kweGermany muPoland neHondo Yenyika II, pakanga pane kurwisana pakati pevaseki veGermany nePoland kuzvidzivirira mudunhu remazuva ano reMichałkowice. Vapanduki vokuGermany vakabva vapinda mumugodhi womunzvimbo iyoyo, vakatora vashandi vokuPoland vakawanda sevasungwa. Pashure pehondo, mauto echiPolish nevazvipiri, kusanganisira nhengo dzeSokół Polish Gymnastic Society uye vakomana scouts, vakadzorera mugodhi. Paiva norufu kumativi ose ari maviri, uye vaPoland vakabatawo vanoparadza vakawanda vechiGermany. MaGermany pakupedzisira akapinda uye akatora guta racho mumazuva akatevera, uye musi waSeptember 8, 1939, Freikorps yeGermany yakauraya vaPoland vatanhatu muguta. Muna September 1939, Einsatzgruppe I yeGermany yakashanda muguta uye yakaita mhosva dzakasiyana-siyana kuvanhu vokuPoland. Munguva yekugara kweGerman, misasa miviri yechibharo yakagadzwa uye yakashanda muguta: imwe yevaPoland Polenlager uye imwe yevaJudha. Muna April 1944, vaGermany vakagadzirawo musasa muduku womusasa wevasungwa weAuschwitz, umo vanhu vanopfuura 900 vaichengeterwa uye vaishanda basa rokumanikidzirwa. Muna January 1945, vasungwa vomumusasa muduku vakaendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa weMauthausen, uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho vaGermany vakasiya guta uye basa rakaguma. 