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German invasion on Poland
The invasion of Polish civilians by Nazi’s began at 4:45 am. The German Air force attacked Krakow, Lodz, and Warsaw. Next the German Nazi ordered the battleship to fire on the Polish military at Westerplatte on the Baltic Sea. By 8:00 am, German Army informally declared war and launched an attack in other Polish cities. -
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World War II impact on Poland
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The Soviet Union invades Poland
The USSR invades Poland from the east; occupying Curzon line, Bialystok, and Eastern Galicia. -
The Polish army and militia in Warsaw surrender to the Germans.
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German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty
The treaty is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop. The treaty states the division of Poland between the two empires. -
Adolf Eichmann begins to deport Jews from Austria and Czechoslovakia to Poland.
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The first Jewish ghetto is established in Lublin, Poland.
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Polish Jews are ordered to wear the Star of David armbands.
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Polish officers are massacred by the USSR at Katyn.
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Deportation of Austrian Jews to Ghettos in Poland begins.
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Mass murder of Polish scientist and writers by German troops in Lwow.
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The deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins. Treblinka, a concentration camp opened in Poland.
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The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto have an uprising for the first time
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The reports of the Katyn massacre in Poland spread.
It is reported that more than 22,000 prisoners of war were killed by the NKVD (People’s Ministry of International Affairs) who blame the massacre on the Nazis. -
Germans liquidate Jewish Ghetto in Krakow
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends, the ghetto is destroyed.
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The second Warsaw Uprising began.
The uprising began by the Polish Home Army; they rise up expecting help from the USSR armies. The event lasted 63 days. -
Germans finally ends the second Warsaw Uprising.
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Treaty of Warsaw
This treaty recognized the Oder-Neisse line between Germany and Poland.
