![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]")
Ciudadanos polacos ahorcados por los nazis en Sosnowiec. Polonia, durante la guerra.
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Las ruinas de un pueblo polaco después de seis años de guerra y ocupación alemana. Polonia, 1945.
Leer más![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]")
Trabajadores polacos y rusos fusilados por las SS después de sufrir un colapso a causa del agotamiento durante una marcha de la muerte. Wiesenfeld, Alemania, 26 de abril de 1945.
Leer más![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]")
Bebés polacos, elegidos por sus facciones "arias", que serán adoptados y criados como alemanes étnicos. Polonia, durante la guerra.
Leer más![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]")
Oficiales alemanes examinan niños polacos para determinar si califican como "arios". Polonia, durante la guerra.
Leer más![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]")
Doctores de las SS examinan niños polacos juzgados de "valor racial importante" para la adopción por alemanes. Polonia, octubre de 1942.
Leer más![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]")
Partisanos polacos son ahorcados por los nazis. Rovno, Polonia, 1942.
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Partisanos polacos ahorcados por los nazis. Rovno, Polonia, 1942.
Leer más![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.jpeg "A Polish prisoner (marked with an identifying patch bearing a \"P\" for Pole), Julian Noga, at the Flossenbürg concentration camp. [LCID: 71971]")
Un prisionero polaco (identificado con un parche con la letra "P" para "polaco"), Julian Noga, en el campo de concentración de Flossenbürg. Alemania, entre agosto de 1942 y abril de 1945.
Leer más![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.jpeg "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]")
Un decreto nazi publicado en octubre de 1941, en alemán y en polaco, avisa que judíos que dejan el ghetto, o polacos que los ayudan, serán ejecutados. Czestochowa, Polonia.
Leer más![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]")
Polacos haciendo trabajos forzados construyen un autopista en Alemania . Lugar incierto, 1941.
Leer más![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]")
Soldados alemanes llevan rehenes polacos con los ojos vendados a un sitio de ejecución. Olkusz, Polonia, 16 de julio de 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Tanques alemanes pasan un puesto de revista durante una parada victoriosa siguiendo la derrota de Polonia. Varsovia, Polonia, 5 de octubre de 1939.
Leer más![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]")
Un pueblo polaco está en ruinas siguiendo la invasión alemana de Polonia, que empezó el 1 de septiembre de 1939.
Leer más![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]")
Las fuerzas alemanas en las afueras de Varsovia. En el fondo de la foto, se ve la ciudad en llamas por el asalto militar alemán. Varsovia, Polonia, septiembre de 1939.
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