The German propaganda campaign against Warsaw climaxed in the days before the invasion, featuring such headlines as "All of Poland in a War Fever," "Terror by Poles [against ethnic Germans] Grows Day by Day / Polish Bandits Murder Five-Month-Old Infant," and "Poland Rejects Negotiations." This Völkischer Beobachter headline reads: State Secretary Stuckart Shot at in Plane by Polish Flak Batteries"
