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What consequences did the German invasion of Poland have on the Polish Jewish population?
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The German invasion of Poland had an utterly devastating effect on the Polish Jews. On the eve of World War 2 Poland had by far the largest Jewish population in Europe. About 3 milllion of the 5.7 million Jews murdered by the Nazis were Polish Jews.
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