3 9 , ▁Direct ive ▁No . 1 3 0 6 ▁of ▁Naz i ▁Germany ' s ▁Pro pag anda ▁Ministry ▁stated : ▁" It ▁must ▁be ▁made ▁clear ▁even ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁milk ma id ▁that ▁Polish ness ▁equals ▁sub human ity . ▁Pol es , ▁Jews ▁and ▁gy ps ies ▁are ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁inferior ▁level ... ▁This ▁should ▁be ▁brought ▁home ▁as ▁a ▁le it mot iv , ▁and ▁from ▁time ▁to ▁time , ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁existing ▁concepts ▁such ▁as ▁' Pol ish ▁economy ', ▁' Pol ish ▁ru in ' ▁and ▁so ▁on , ▁until ▁everyone ▁in ▁Germany ▁sees ▁every ▁P ole , ▁whether ▁farm ▁worker ▁or ▁intellectual , ▁as ▁verm in ." ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁Pol es ▁became ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁eth nic ▁cle ans ing ▁on ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁scale , ▁including : ▁Naz i ▁German ▁gen o cide ▁in ▁General ▁Government , ▁Soviet ▁execution s ▁and ▁mass ▁deport ations ▁to ▁Si ber ia ▁from ▁K res y , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁mass ac res ▁of ▁Pol es ▁in ▁Vol h yn ia , ▁a ▁campaign ▁of ▁eth nic ▁cle ans ing ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁today ' s ▁western ▁Ukraine ▁by ▁Ukrain ian ▁national ists . ▁Among ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁murder ed ▁in ▁the ▁Int ell igen z akt ion ▁operations ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 – 1 9 4 0 , ▁approximately ▁ 6 1 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁members ▁of