" Only a nation , whose underlying inclinations are destroyed , will allow itself to be thrown into slavery . " The Germanisation of the Polish populous included limitedly planned and systemised elimination of the Poles . During the German invasion of Poland , divisions of the Einsatzgruppen were placed within the Wehrmacht , in accordance to the Special Prosecution Book for Poland composed via interviews with the German minority in the Second Polish Republic , carried out the elimination of the Polish intelligentsia , Intelligenzaktion . After the defeat of the Polish military , the extermination of the Polish intellectual elite was realised via operations like Operation Tannenberg , AB-Aktion , that would deprive Poland its political , scientific , social , cultural and militaristic elite
Intelligenzaktion
Intelligenzaktion
Germanisation in Poland (1939–1945)