Poland: Where the War Began

Poland was where the Second World War began in Europe. This episode reconstructs the Polish experience from the German invasion of September 1939 to the arrival of the Red Army in 1945. The story explores the partition of the country between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the destruction of the Polish state, occupation, deportations, civilian persecution, and the Holocaust in occupied Polish territory. It also examines the underground resistance, the government in exile, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. A perspective on a country that was devastated, divided, and decisive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.