 Mauto eGermany akapinda muguta racho musi waSeptember 7, 1939, panguva yokupinda muPoland, uko kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II. Pashure pacho, Einsatzkommando 16 yeGermany yakapinda muguta kuti iite utsotsi hwakasiyana-siyana kuvaPoland. Nazi Germany yakabatanidza guta racho, ndokuitonga sechikamu cheDanzig-West Prussia. Vanhu vokuPoland vairondedzerwa seUntermenschen nezviremera zveGermany, vachishanda sevaranda, kuurayiwa, kudzingwa uye kuendeswa kumisasa yevasungwa yeGermany. Muna October 1939 gauleiter womunzvimbomo mutsva, Albert Forster, akazivisa muguta kuti mumakore mashomanene, hapana shoko rimwe rechiPolish richataurwa muno. 