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. Aerial view of damaged Polish bridge; destroyed Gas tank near railroad marshalling yard; and smoke rising from burning buildings all along a major highway. Smoke rises from explosions on a field. German troops pass over debris and through bombed out buildings where snipers abound. Fires rage in some buildings. German troops and equipment advance along a road. German troops include one walking with a captured goose under his arm, and one soldier who prepares a pig for a roast. Remnants of pig roast. A soldier distributes newspapers among other soldiers. Newspapers report enemy armored train stopped at Warsaw. Views of the destroyed Polish armored railroad train.
Invasion of Poland by Germany and Soviet Union during World War II. German and Soviet officers meet on a field in Brest-Litovsk. Cars parked outside a large building in that region. German and Soviet officers negotiate the withdrawal of German troops to an agreed demarcation line
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.
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