![Polish citizens hanged by the Nazis in Sosnowiec. [LCID: 44350]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a86be095-cd4f-40f0-8743-18a0dd19be08.jpg "Polish citizens hanged by the Nazis in Sosnowiec. [LCID: 44350]")
Polish citizens hanged by the Nazis in Sosnowiec. Poland, wartime.
Item View![A Polish town in ruins after six years of war and German occupation. [LCID: 20378]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d7adbcf9-f109-4f34-85eb-90165b885f64.jpg "A Polish town in ruins after six years of war and German occupation. [LCID: 20378]")
A Polish town in ruins after six years of war and German occupation. Poland, 1945.
Item View![Polish and Russian forced laborers shot by the SS after they had collapsed from exhaustion during a death march. [LCID: 78834]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2038dcd6-3f22-421d-a8e7-ab8221821158.jpg "Polish and Russian forced laborers shot by the SS after they had collapsed from exhaustion during a death march. [LCID: 78834]")
Polish and Russian forced laborers shot by the SS after they had collapsed from exhaustion during a death march. Wisenfeld, Germany, April 26, 1945.
Item View![Polish babies, chosen for their "Aryan" features, to be adopted and raised as ethnic Germans. [LCID: 01152]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/34c67c8b-0aad-41be-8ae3-46d03642c258.jpg "Polish babies, chosen for their \"Aryan\" features, to be adopted and raised as ethnic Germans. [LCID: 01152]")
Polish babies, chosen for their "Aryan" features, to be adopted and raised as ethnic Germans. Poland, 1941–1943.
Item View![German officers examine Polish children to determine whether they qualify as "Aryan." [LCID: 01646]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/b04830ea-2fd1-4e57-a69e-d842246657ea.jpg "German officers examine Polish children to determine whether they qualify as \"Aryan.\" [LCID: 01646]")
German officers examine Polish children to determine whether they qualify as "Aryan." Poland, wartime.
Item View![SS doctors examine Polish children judged "racially valuable" for adoption by Germans. [LCID: 72140a]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fd674fb0-7b0a-4c21-ba7c-edb6948649aa.jpg "SS doctors examine Polish children judged \"racially valuable\" for adoption by Germans. [LCID: 72140a]")
SS doctors examine Polish children judged "racially valuable" for adoption by Germans. Poland, October 1942.
Item View![Polish partisans are hanged by the Nazis. Rovno, Poland, 1942. [LCID: 34125]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7643e3d0-5936-4e0b-be39-9e8cd7782dcc.jpg "Polish partisans are hanged by the Nazis. Rovno, Poland, 1942. [LCID: 34125]")
Polish partisans are hanged by the Nazis. Rovno, Poland, 1942.
Item View![Polish partisans are hanged by the Nazis. Rovno, Poland, 1942. [LCID: 34126]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fb054ae2-723d-40e6-a9fd-43c1272f6ef4.jpg "Polish partisans are hanged by the Nazis. Rovno, Poland, 1942. [LCID: 34126]")
Polish partisans are hanged by the Nazis. Rovno, Poland, 1942.
Item View![A Polish prisoner (marked with an identifying patch bearing a "P" for Pole), Julian Noga, at the Flossenbürg concentration camp. [LCID: 71971]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f0a0839a-3f53-4094-9cf6-4c03aea0d957.jpg "A Polish prisoner (marked with an identifying patch bearing a \"P\" for Pole), Julian Noga, at the Flossenbürg concentration camp. [LCID: 71971]")
Photograph of Julian Noga, a Polish prisoner (marked with an identifying patch bearing a "P" for Pole) imprisoned in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Germany, between August 1942 and April 1945.
Item View![A Nazi decree issued in October 1941, in German and Polish, warns that Jews leaving the ghetto, or Poles who aid them, will be executed. [LCID: 19515]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6a1588d3-41f9-4433-aeb6-a279b3653a40.jpg "A Nazi decree issued in October 1941, in German and Polish, warns that Jews leaving the ghetto, or Poles who aid them, will be executed. [LCID: 19515]")
A Nazi decree issued in October 1941, in German and Polish, warns that Jews leaving the ghetto, or Poles who aid them, will be executed. Czestochowa, Poland.
Item View![Polish forced laborers construct a highway in Germany. [LCID: 89728]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d6ed3721-dc7b-4e56-be3c-1ccc7a788173.jpg "Polish forced laborers construct a highway in Germany. [LCID: 89728]")
Polish forced laborers construct a highway in Germany. Place uncertain, 1941.
Item View![German soldiers lead blindfolded Polish hostages to an execution site. [LCID: 64265b]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c76b94d5-e365-4cf2-a2f3-47f93bd2cabf.jpg "German soldiers lead blindfolded Polish hostages to an execution site. [LCID: 64265b]")
German soldiers lead blindfolded Polish hostages to an execution site. Olkusz, Poland, July 16, 1940.
Item View![The Sigismund Monument stands amid rubble in the Polish capital after Germany's Blitzkrieg assault. [LCID: 20358]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/556c1f84-3f53-4de0-bda1-83d79a00cd15.jpg "The Sigismund Monument stands amid rubble in the Polish capital after Germany's Blitzkrieg assault. [LCID: 20358]")
The Sigismund Monument stands amid rubble in the Polish capital after Germany's Blitzkrieg assault. Warsaw, Poland, 1939.
Item View![German tanks pass a reviewing stand during a victory parade following the German defeat of Poland. [LCID: 09867]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/eb09273a-0505-4965-94a5-ea79fd46f1cf.jpg "German tanks pass a reviewing stand during a victory parade following the German defeat of Poland. [LCID: 09867]")
German tanks pass a reviewing stand during a victory parade following the German defeat of Poland. Warsaw, Poland, October 5, 1939.
Item View![A Polish town lies in ruins following the German invasion of Poland, which began on September 1, 1939. [LCID: cd104]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7b664254-4979-493a-aea5-6ac5847f7230.jpg "A Polish town lies in ruins following the German invasion of Poland, which began on September 1, 1939. [LCID: cd104]")
A Polish town lies in ruins following the German invasion of Poland, which began on September 1, 1939.
Item View![German forces in the outskirts of Warsaw. In the background of the photograph, the city burns as a result of the German military ... [LCID: 20361]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/821c4820-5b55-47ad-a1fc-c8d8b9a21074.jpg "German forces in the outskirts of Warsaw. In the background of the photograph, the city burns as a result of the German military ... [LCID: 20361]")
German forces and Polish civilians on the outskirts of Warsaw. In the background of the photograph, the city burns as a result of the German military assault. Warsaw, Poland, September 1939.
Item View![German soldiers expel Polish inhabitants from the Zamosc area. [LCID: 31453]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/df5cf6ea-1c02-4993-9adf-fa6f12b29a46.jpg "German soldiers expel Polish inhabitants from the Zamosc area. [LCID: 31453]")
German soldiers expel Polish inhabitants from the Zamosc area. Poland, 1942-1943.
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