Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ba a san ainihin adadin yahudawan da ke zaune a Horodziej ba, amma mai yiwuwa ya kasance tsakanin 700 zuwa 1,000, kashi ɗaya bisa uku na yawan jama'a. Bayan mamayewar Poland ƙauyen ya kasance ƙarƙashin mamayar Soviet
daga 1939 zuwa 1941, mamayar Jamus daga 1941 zuwa 1944 kuma sake mamayar Soviet daga 1944 zuwa 1945, lokacin da bisa ga Yarjejeniyar Potsdam aka karɓa daga Poland kuma aka haɗa shi da Tarayyar Soviet.