Jews in Dombrowa, Poland during World War 2, following occupation of Poland by Germany in 1939. Jewish citizens gather on a street in Dombrowa. All of them wear the star of David patch or badge on their clothing to identify them as Jewish in the German-occupied city. Close-up views of Jewish men, women, and children in the town. Men discussing amongst themselves. Buildings along the side of the street.
German soldiers search Polish homes, during World War II following the 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany. Town residents stand outside as Germans look through a house. One soldier looks through basement opening. German soldiers walk along a road, as they move through a Polish village.
Document showing quotes from German-Danish non agression pact, signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany on May 31, 1939. German armed forces fire machine guns during the invasion of Norway and Denmark on 9th April 1940 during World War II. German troop ship unloads in Danish harbor. Civilians run as German forces enter city, in tanks and military vehicles. German troops march into city as population watches from sidewalks.
Crowd greets German leader Adolf Hitler upon his return from Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he signed a declaration establishing the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The scene shows a swaying crowd at night, outside a hotel. Hitler and Hermann Goering appear on the hotel balcony, which is festooned with a garland of greens. Four candles appear in each window of their section of the hotel.
Adolf Hitler addressing the Reichstag, meeting in the Kroll Opera House makes fun of an April 1939, letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hitler reads a list of countries that FDR asked him not to invade. As he drones on through the extensive list, it becomes comical and the Reichstag member burst out in laughter. Next heavy guns are seen firing and formations of German Junkers JU-52 airplanes flying overhead as narrator cites September 1st 1939 and the German invasion of Poland as start of World War 2. Motorized German forces, and infantry are seen rushing across the landscape. German 17 cm Kanone 18 guns are seen firing. Formations of German JU 87 Stuka dive bombers in flight and Heinkel He 111 bombers dropping bombs on Poland. Bombs exploding and devastation on the ground with buildings burning and collapsing. Aerial view of Polish city being bombed. Huge number of disarmed Polish Army prisoners of war walking along roads. German troops marching into Copenhagen, Denmark in 1940
Nazi German Luftwaffe aircraft in hangar during World War II. German officers looking up. A group of Luftwaffe dive bomber aircraft in flight. A pair of Henschel Hs 123 dive bombers in flight. German float plane aicraft (with pontoons) in flight. Bomber aircraft parked on an airfield with engines and propellers running simultaneously. German tanks climbing platform and in the forest. A tank knocks down a tree and climbs down. German Kriegsmarine sailors turning their heads and leave. The launch of German Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz a year earlier in 1939. The Tirpitz is seen sliding down the slipway at her launch in Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven. The Tirpitz at sea and views of its guns. Next scene shows interior of an munitions factory or warehouse with stockpiles of shells and ammunition for the war effort. German soldiers marching and workers operating machine inside a forging factory.