Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jamus ta mamaye garin bayan mamayewar Jamus da Soviet na Poland, wanda ya fara Yaƙin Duniya na II a watan Satumbar 1939. A ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1939, Jamusawa sun kashe 'yan Poland 46 daga Pruszków a lokacin babban kisan gilla na Palmiry. Kafin mamayar, birnin yana da yawan Yahudawa. A shekara ta 1940,
Hukumomin mamayar Jamus sun kafa ghetto na yahudawa a Pruszków, don ƙuntata yawan jama'arta na yahudawa don dalilai na tsanantawa da cin zarafi. An rushe ghetto a ranar 31 ga Janairu, 1941, lokacin da aka kwashe dukkan mazaunanta 1,400<unk>3,000 a cikin motocin dabbobi zuwa Ghetto na Warsaw, mafi girma ghetto a duk Turai da Nazi ke mamayewa tare da Yahudawa sama da 400,000 da ke cikin yanki na. Daga can, yawancin waɗanda aka kashe an kai su sansanin Treblinka.