Invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II. Polish peasants returning to their farms, are assisted by German soldiers, following hostilities. German soldiers round up, from their hiding places, persons accused of being responsible for what the Germans called the Bromberg murders, or Bloody Sunday, that occured in Bydgoszcz. Slate states that man shown is a murderer from Konitz. The relieved ethnic German people of the region begin returning and are assisted by the German military. They sit at a bombed bridge. Some are ferried in small boats. They receive food and care from German soldiers.
Scenes from the period of the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II. During preparation for exchange of prisoner, ethnic German victims walk in front of a line of captives and are seen pointing at and identifying Poles responsible for what the Germans called the Bromberg murders or Bloody Sunday (that occurred in Bydgoszcz). Polish Jews and Bolsheviks, whom the Nazis accuse of being partly responsible, are forced to perform hard labor. View of a row of Jewish men in Poland. Then a large group of Jewish and Bolshevik men seated together and being held captive in an outdoor setting (possibly Krakow area based on similar Bundesarchiv photographs). Scene of Jewish men and Bolshevik men at forced labor where they dig ditches and roads with shovels (slave labor).
German troops enter and occupy Poland after invading it during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler makes a surprise appearance and reviews German troops as they cross the San River. Hitler mingles with German soldiers. Crowd of Volksdeutsch in Chorzow (Konigshutte in German) cheer as German tanks and officers enter the town, bordering Germany.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German troops fire field artillery at targets in Polish port city of Gdynia (Gdingen, in German). Smoke rises from shell fire on buildings. A Polish steamship sunk in the harbor. German battleship SMS Schleswig Holstein fires guns. Black smoke billows rise up from shore.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Warsaw capitulates after two days of shelling. German troops fire heavy artillery , field artillery and mortars against targets in Warsaw, Poland. Smoke rises from shell fire in the background. Aerial views of destruction from German Stuka dive bombers.
World War I draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll arrives at the New York Harbor in New York. He is seized by military officials as he ends his 20 year exile in Germany. A steamer underway. Bergdoll with his wife and child.