Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals (2019)
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Overview : September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.
Release Date : August 31, 2019
Runtime : 52m
Genre : Documentary, Animation, History
Companies : ARTE, Gruppe 5, ZDF, Phoenix
Countries : Germany
Keywords : war crimes, mass murder, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, jew persecution, human rights, nazi invasion, nazism, moral dilemma, warsaw, poland, 1930s, blitzkrieg, polish history
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