æt ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə sˈɛkənd wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ, ðə juːkɹˈeɪniən lˈaɪf ɪn sˌʌm nˈɑːtsɪˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪd tˈɛɹɪtˌoːɹiz ʌv pˈoʊlənd ɪnˈɪʃəli ɛkspˈiəɹɪənst ɐ sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt dᵻɡɹˈiː ʌv ɹᵻvˈaɪvəl æz ðə nˈɑːtsi pˈɑːlɪsiz plˈeɪd wɪð pˈɪɾɪŋ ðɪ ˈɛθnɪk ɡɹˈuːps wɪð ɐ hɪstˈɔːɹɪkli kˈɑːmplᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənʃˌɪp ɐɡˈɛnst ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚ, ɡˈɪvɪŋ ɐn ˌʌpɚ hˈænd tə pˈoʊlz ɔːɹ juːkɹˈeɪniənz ɪn dˈɪfɹənt ɹˈiːdʒənz æz ðə nˈɑːtsɪz sˈɔː fˈɪt.
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Ukrainian life in some Nazi-occupied territories of Poland initially experienced a significant degree of revival as the Nazi policies played with pitting the ethnic groups with a historically complicated relationship against each other, giving an upper hand to Poles or Ukrainians in different regions as the Nazis saw fit.