On 1 September 1939 Hitler Started The Largest War In World History. With The Invasion Of Poland He Did Not Only Aim At Destroying The Military Force Of The Neighboring Country But Also At Depriving Its People Of Their Livelihood. This Series Reconstructs How The Chain Of Events That Sparked A Global Conflagration. It Also Includes Selected Interviews With Roman Polanski And Andrzej Wajda Who Witnessed The Attack When They Were Children.

Hitler’s Poland Campaign Unleashed A “blitzkrieg” Lasting Six Weeks Only. However It Was A War Of Unprecedented Brutality Resulting In A Tremendous Suffering Of The Polish People In The Long Run. Jews Were Herded Into Ghettos; Other Residents Were Imprisoned In Camps For Forced Labor Or Displaced To Make Way For German Settlers. Hundreds And Thousands Of Them Became Victims Of The Nazi Murder Machine.