 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MunaGunyana 1939, pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, guta rakapambwa neGerman, uye nguva pfupi yapfuura Einsatzgruppe I yeGerman yakashanda muguta uye ikaita mhosva dzakasiyana siyana kuvanhu vePoland. Uyewo muna September 1939, mauto eWehrmacht akauraya vakomana 14 vokuPoland vaibva mumisha yaiva pedyo munharaunda yemazuva ano yeTucznawa. VaPolish vanobva kuDąbrowa Górnicza vaive pakati pevakaurayiwa nevaGerman mune dzimwe nzvimbo, kusanganisira Sosnowiec musi waGunyana 4, 1939 naCeliny musi waJune 4, 1940. Mukutonga kweGermany guta racho rakabatanidzwa zvakananga kuGermany, uye rakabatanidzwa mukati meUpper Silesia Province. Anenge mapurisa gumi nemana echiPolish kubva kuDąbrowa akaurayiwa nemaRussia mukuuraya kukuru kweKatyn muna Kubvumbi-Chivabvu 1940. Vamwe vaPolish vakaurayiwa nevaGermany munguva yehondo. Vakomana nevasikana vokuPoland vanopfuura 40 vakaurayiwa nevaGermany munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira musasa wevasungwa weAuschwitz uye panguva yeWarsaw Uprising ya1944, uye vashandi vemumigodhi vanopfuura 60 vakaurayiwawo muAuschwitz. Muna October 1941, varidzi venyika vakadzinga vanhu vokuPoland vanopfuura 100, avo vakazoendeswa kuGermany kunoshanda zvakaoma kana kuti kumafekitari akasiyana-siyana munharaunda yacho, nepo dzimba dzavo dzakapihwa vanhu vokuGermany vakagara munyika yacho sechikamu chemutemo weLebensraum. Kutorwa kwenyika neGermany kwakaguma muna 1945. 