Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

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.

Genre: Documentary, Animation, History

Stars: Nicole Engeln, Jochen Böhler, Dawid Golik, Detlef Fetchenhauer, Sybille Steinbacher, Włodzimierz Borodziej

Crew: Jean-Christoph Caron (Commissioning Editor), Martin Ehrmann (Commissioning Editor), Alexander Hesse (Producer), Erasmus de Grande (Camera Operator), Martin Ehrmann (Writer), Jens Berthold (Camera Operator)

Country: Germany

Language: DeutschPolski

Studio: ARTE, Gruppe 5, ZDF, Phoenix

Runtime: 52 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Aug 31, 2019

IMDb: 3

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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Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

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