Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan Yakin Tsaro na Poland na 1939,
Jamus ta mamaye yankin kuma a ranar 26 ga Oktoba Wadowice ta haɗu da Nazi Jamus. A ranar 29 ga Disamba na wannan shekarar an sake sunan garin zuwa "Wadowitz". Da farko an yi niyya ga masu ilimi na Poland ta hanyar tsattsauran ra'ayi na Jamus da kuma al'adun al'adu da kuma daruruwan mutane daga yankin, musamman malamai, malamai da masu zane-zane, an kashe su a kisan gilla (duba "Intelligenzaktion"). An tsare da yawa a cikin sanannen Gidan Yari na Montelupich a Kraków kuma aka kashe su a cikin Gidan Krzesławice na Kraków Fortress a watan Disamba na 1939. An kori daruruwan mutane kuma an sake su zuwa Gwamnatin Janar domin su ba da wuri ga 'yan Jamus mazauna bisa ga manufofin "Lebensraum". Har ila yau Jamus ta kafa kuma ta gudanar da kurkukun Nazi a garin. Tsakanin 1941 da 1943 an kafa ghetto a cikin birni. Kusan dukan Yahudawa da ke wurin (fiye da 2,000) aka kashe su, yawancinsu a sansanin fursuna na Auschwitz da ke kusa. Bugu da kari, Jamusawa sun kafa sansanin fursunonin yaki don sojojin Allied da kuma sansanin azabtarwa wanda ya zama sansanin canja wuri ga sansanonin taro na Jamus daban-daban. Duk da ta'addancin Jamus, rukunin Sojojin Gida sun kasance masu aiki a yankin, musamman a cikin garin da kansa da kuma a cikin tsaunukan Beskid zuwa kudu da shi.