During the Second World War as a result of the German aggression and its consequences approximately six million Polish citizens died:

• approximately 3 million Polish Jews;
• approximately 2 million Poles: 1.3 million in the General Government, 0.2 million in the territories incorporated into the Reich and 0.5 million in the territories east of the Bug River (this number also includes the victims of Soviet crimes committed on POWs and civilians as well as the victims of Ukrainian, Belarussian and Lithuanian nationalists);
• approximately 1 million Polish citizens of other nationalities: Ukrainians, Belarusians, Roma, and Lithuanians amongst others.