 Vanhu vePoland vakaderera nemamiriyoni matanhatu nekuda kwekurasikirwa kwakakonzerwa neHolocaust uye nehutongi hweGermany munguva yeHondo Yenyika II 1939-1945, uye Poland yakava imwe yenzvimbo dzine vanhu vakawanda muEurope pamberi pevanhu veSlovakia neCzech Republic semugumisiro wemiganhu yakashandurwa zvakanyanya uye kudzingwa kwevanhu pakuguma uye mushure mehondo. Kufamba kwevagari vepashure pehondo kwakaperekedzwa nemafungu ekumanikidzwa kutama kwakarongedzwa nevakuru veSoviet nePolish communist, kusanganisira kuendesa kwehuwandu hwevanhu vePoland19441946 kubva kumatunhu epamberi pehondo ekumabvazuva ePoland, ayo akabatanidzwa muSoviet Union, kudzingwa kwevanhu verudzi rweUkraine kuenda kuUSSR 19441946, Operation Vistula 1947, uye kudzingwa kwevaGerman 19451950 kubva kumatunhu ekare eGerman akapihwa kuPoland. 