Surprisingly, the germans allowed the poles to surrender honorably, and treated them not as partisans (fit for immediate execution), but as enlisted combatants due to rights of prisoners of war under the Geneva convention. Clearly, some of the german generals already had their eyes on possible war trials after the war.
The World at War (BBC, 1973) - Episode 19. Pincers
(things that make you go :)) )
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