Duk da shirye-shiryen da aka yi na birni ya zama wani yanki na Poland da aka haɗe da Gwamnatin Janar, Nazi tsarin mulki ya mutunta sha'awar yawancin 'yan asalin Jamus da kuma Reichsgau Wartheland gwamnan Arthur Greiser ta hanyar haɗa birnin zuwa Reich a watan Nuwamba 1939. Yawancin' yan Jamus a cikin birni, duk da haka, sun ƙi sanya hannu kan Volksliste kuma sun zama Volksdeutsche; Gwamnatin Janar ta kore su. An ba birnin sabon suna "Litzmannstadt" bayan Karl Litzmann, Janar na Jamus wanda ya kama shi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I. Tambaya: Wane suna aka ba birnin?
Birnin Litzmann