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.
Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba, deputy commander of forces in Warsaw, Poland, walks to a bus in which Nazi German officers await to negotiate a cease fire. They discuss disposition of forces using a map. General Kutrzeba then leaves, returns salute of German officer and returns to his soldier garrison. (World War 2.)
German soldiers keeping watch on a high bluff of the German Westwall (Ziegfried or Siegfried Line) early in World War 2. German soldiers entering fortifications of the Westwall. Fortification or bunker doorway entrance decorated with relief carvings of German soldiers. Camouflaged German heavy artillery guns being elevated on the Westwall (Ziegfried Line) at German standardized bunker Regelbau 35 (R35). Field artillery being fired. French and Germans exchange gunfire on Franco-German border. View of damaged houses in Herbitzheim, Germany, 10 kilometers from the border. View of damaged house where Moroccans lived. German troops using secret types of explosive charges inside buildings, and making their way through French village where they encounter a booby trapped wagon. French prisoners being escorted and processed by German soldiers, and then driven away in trucks.
Germans employ psychological warfare by broadcasting music and news to French troops, via loudspeakers and banners, during World War II. German troops set up huge loudspeakers and German band plays at a river separating German and French forces. German officers look towards other side of water. A banner being set up on field. German soldiers send propaganda balloons, carrying messages to French troops.
Captain Gunter Prien and crew of German U-boat, U-47, being greeted in Berlin, Germany during World War II. Crew members of U-47 submarine exit aircraft at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, and are greeted by officers and cheered by crowd. Motorcade of crew member pass on a street cheered by crowd. Next scene, unrelated, shows Jozef Tiso, President of the Slovak State (Slovakia) greeting victorious Slovak 1st Infantry Division soldiers of the Field Army Bernolák following their participation with Nazi Germany in the invasion of Poland. Axis Slovak soldiers in Holíč M32 helmets (style of Czechoslovakia) seen marching and receiving awards from Slovak commander and Minister of Defense, Ferdinand Čatloš. View of a visiting German General greeting a non-uniformed official. Then same General poses with Ferdinand Čatloš seen behind his right shoulder.
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