![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]")
Citoyens polonais pendus par les nazis à Sosnowiec. Pologne, pendant la guerre.
Voir le document![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]")
Un village polonais en ruines après six années de guerre et d’occupation allemande. Pologne, 1945.
Voir le document![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]")
Travailleurs forcés polonais et russes abattus par les SS après qu’ils sont tombés d’épuisement lors d’une marche de la mort. Wisenfeld, Allemagne, 26 avril 1945.
Voir le document![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]")
Bébés polonais, sélectionnés pour leurs traits “aryens”, pour être adoptés et élevés en tant qu’Allemands ethniques. Pologne, pendant la guerre.
Voir le document![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]")
Officiers allemands examinant des enfants polonais pour déterminer s’ils répondent aux critères "aryens.” Pologne, pendant la guerre.
Voir le document![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]")
Des médecins SS examinent des enfants polonais jugés “racialement valables” pour l’adoption par les Allemands. Pologne, octobre 1942.
Voir le document![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]")
Partisans polonais pendus par les nazis. Rovno (aujourd'hui Rivne), Pologne, 1942.
Voir le document![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]")
Des partisans polonais pendus par les nazis. Rovno (aujourd'hui Rivne), Pologne, 1942.
Voir le document![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]")
Le prisonnier polonais (distingué par une pièce de tissus d’identification portant un “P” pour Polonais) Julian Noga, au camp de concentration de Flossenbürg. Allemagne, entre août 1942 et avril 1945.
Voir le document![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]")
Décret nazi émis en octobre 1941, en allemand et en polonais, avertissant les Juifs que ceux qui quitteraient le ghetto ou les Polonais qui les aideraient seraient exécutés. Czestochowa, Pologne.
Voir le document![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]")
Travailleurs forcés polonais construisant une autoroute en Allemagne. Lieu incertain, 1941.
Voir le document![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]")
Des soldats allemands emmenant des otages polonais les yeux bandés vers le lieu de leur exécution. Olkusz, Pologne, 16 juillet 1940.
Voir le document![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]")
Le Monument de Sigismond dressé au milieu des décombres dans la capitale polonaise après le Blitzkrieg (la Guerre éclair) lancée par les Allemands. Varsovie, Pologne, 1939.
Voir le document![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]")
Tanks allemands passant devant une tribune lors d’un défilé de la victoire à la suite de la défaite polonaise. Varsovie, Pologne, 5 octobre 1939.
Voir le document![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]")
Village polonais en ruine suite à l'invasion allemande de la Pologne à partir du 1er septembre 1939.
Voir le document![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]")
Forces allemandes aux abords de Varsovie. En arrière plan de la photo, la ville brûle du fait de l’attaque militaire allemande. Varsovie, Pologne, septembre 1939.
Voir le document![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]")
Des soldats allemands expulsent les habitants polonais de la zone de Zamosc. Pologne, 1942-1943.
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