poland World War II casualties (in thousands)

 
Losses Caused by
Description Germany Soviet Union Total
War Activities 1940-44 65
Military Losses Non-Jewish 263
Jewish 32
Civilian Losses
1944-45
50
September 1939 Non-Jewish 450
Jewish 50
Warsaw Uprising 100
Nazi Terror Non-Jewish 1,795
Jewish 2,350  
Soviet Terror
Non-Jewish
835
Jewish 100
Total         5,040       1,050
6,090
 

Note: Prof. Tadeusz Piotrowski's current (2005) estimates regarding the Polish WWII casualties are as follows (in millions):

Poland's population in 1939
Ethnic Poles: 22.7
Jews: 3.4
Other minorities: 9.0

Total Christians: 31.7
Total Population: 35.1

Poland's WWII population losses
Jewish: 3.1
Ethnic Poles: 2.0
Other minorities: 0.5
Total: 5.6 million

Included in the above losses
At German hands: 5.150
At Soviet hands: 0.350
At Ukrainian Nationalist hands: 0.100