for the children of the ethnic Poles. Later, the dwellings of the Poles were taken over by the ethnic Germans from the Soviet Union. 300,000 Jews and 120,000 ethnic Poles died during the Nazi occupation. See also List of World War II military equipment of Poland List of German military equipment of World War II External links Lodz Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939) 20th century in Łódź September 1939 events Conflicts in 1939