Let us take this occasion to render justice to the Polish soldier. He fought courageously at many sites. The low ranks of the military made desperate efforts, the middle-rank leadership lacked intelligence, its upper-echelon leadership was bad beyond criticism, it's organization was Polish.

At this moment, around 300,000 Polish soldiers are German prisoners of war. Nearly 2,000 officers and many generals share their fate. I must also mention, however, that this admitted valor of many Polish units stands in contrast to the dirtiest deeds perhaps committed throughout the past centuries.

As a soldier in the World War who fought only in the West, I never had the opportunity to witness such deeds. The thousands of slaughtered Volksgenossen, the brutishly butchered women, girls, and children.. the countless German soldiers and officers who fell wounded into the hands of the enemy and who were massacred, bestially mutilated with their eyes gouged out. And worse yet, the Polish government has openly admitted this in a radio broadcast.

The Luftwaffe soldiers that were forced to parachute were to be killed in a cowardly fashion. There were moments when one had to ask oneself: under these circumstances should one exercise restraint on oneself? I have not heard whether any of the democratic statemen found it worth their while to protest against these acts of barbarity. I have instructed the German Luftwaffe to lead this war in a humane manner, only against fight units. The Polish government and the head of the armed forces have instructed the civilian population to lie in ambush to fight this war as snipers.

It is most difficult to exercise restraint on ones self here and I would like to stress on this occasion: the democratic states ought not to be so vain as to believe this state of affairs can continue forever!

A Polish marshal, who today pitifully abandoned his army declared at the time that he would hack Germany and the German army to pieces! Simultaneously, the martyrdom of our Volksgenossen began. Tens of thousands were abducted, abused, and murdered in a most gruesome manner. Sadistic beasts let themselves go and allowed their perverted instincts to run free.. and the pious democratic world stood by without batting an eyelid.

I then asked myself: who could have so deceived Poland? Did the Poles truly believe that, in the long run, the German nation would put up with this abuse from such a ludicrous state!?

Adolf Hitler
Danzig, September 19, 1939

Let us take this occasion to render justice to the Polish soldier. He fought courageously at many sites. The low ranks of the military made desperate efforts, the middle-rank leadership lacked intelligence, its upper-echelon leadership was bad beyond criticism, it's organization was Polish.

At this moment, around 300,000 Polish soldiers are German prisoners of war. Nearly 2,000 officers and many generals share their fate. I must also mention, however, that this admitted valor of many Polish units stands in contrast to the dirtiest deeds perhaps committed throughout the past centuries.

As a soldier in the World War who fought only in the West, I never had the opportunity to witness such deeds. The thousands of slaughtered Volksgenossen, the brutishly butchered women, girls, and children.. the countless German soldiers and officers who fell wounded into the hands of the enemy and who were massacred, bestially mutilated with their eyes gouged out. And worse yet, the Polish government has openly admitted this in a radio broadcast.

The Luftwaffe soldiers that were forced to parachute were to be killed in a cowardly fashion. There were moments when one had to ask oneself: under these circumstances should one exercise restraint on oneself? I have not heard whether any of the democratic statemen found it worth their while to protest against these acts of barbarity. I have instructed the German Luftwaffe to lead this war in a humane manner, only against fight units. The Polish government and the head of the armed forces have instructed the civilian population to lie in ambush to fight this war as snipers.

It is most difficult to exercise restraint on ones self here and I would like to stress on this occasion: the democratic states ought not to be so vain as to believe this state of affairs can continue forever!

A Polish marshal, who today pitifully abandoned his army declared at the time that he would hack Germany and the German army to pieces! Simultaneously, the martyrdom of our Volksgenossen began. Tens of thousands were abducted, abused, and murdered in a most gruesome manner. Sadistic beats let themselves go and allowed their perverted instincts to run free.. and the pious democratic world stood by without batting an eyelid.

I then asked myself: who could have so deceived Poland? Did the Poles truly believe that, in the long run, the German nation would put up with this abuse from such a ludicrous state!?

Adolf Hitler
Danzig, September 19, 1939

Let us take this occasion to render justice to the Polish soldier. He fought courageously at many sites. The low ranks of the military made desperate efforts, the middle-rank leadership lacked intelligence, its upper-echelon leadership was bad beyond criticism, it's organization was Polish.

At this moment, around 300,000 Polish soldiers are German prisoners of war. Nearly 2,000 officers and many generals share their fate. I must also mention, however, that this admitted valor of many Polish units stands in contrast to the dirtiest deeds perhaps committed throughout the past centuries.

As a soldier in the World War who fought only in the West, I never had the opportunity to witness such deeds. The thousands of slaughtered Volksgenossen, the brutishly butchered women, girls, and children.. the countless German soldiers and officers who fell wounded into the hands of the enemy and who were massacred, bestially mutilated with their eyes gouged out. And worse yet, the Polish government has openly admitted this in a radio broadcast.

The Luftwaffe soldiers that were forced to parachute were to be killed in a cowardly fashion. There were moments when one had to ask oneself: under these circumstances should one exercise restraint on oneself? I have not heard whether any of the democratic statemen found it worth their while to protest against these acts of barbarity. I have instructed the German Luftwaffe to lead this war in a human manner, only against fight units. The Polish government and the head of the armed forces have instructed the civilian population to lie in ambush to fight this war as snipers.

It is most difficult to exercise restraint on ones self here and I would like to stress on this occasion: the democratic states ought not to be so vain as to believe this state of affairs can continue forever!

A Polish marshal, who today pitifully abandoned his army declared at the time that he would hack Germany and the German army to pieces! Simultaneously, the martyrdom of our Volksgenossen began. Tens of thousands were abducted, abused, and murdered in a most gruesome manner. Sadistic beats let themselves go and allowed their perverted instincts to run free.. and the pious democratic world stood by without batting an eyelid.

I then asked myself: who could have so deceived Poland? Did the Poles truly believe that, in the long run, the German nation would put up with this abuse from such a ludicrous state!?

Adolf Hitler
Danzig, September 19, 1939