answersLogoWhite

0

Because the Nazis saw them as an inferior race. Although the Poles didn't suffer as much as the Jews, German hatred against Poland was rampant.

Many Wehrmacht units engaged in massacres of Polish civilians during the 1939 September Campaign. Afterwards, the Einsatzgruppen murder squads began the elimination of the Polish elite (scholars, teachers, librarians, professors etc.)

In fact, many Nazi officials sought the extermination of the entire Polish population. SS-Reichfuhrer Heinrich Himmler stated "All Poles will disappear from the earth"

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?