Ka cika wannan jumla: Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ba a san ainihin adadin Yahudawa da suke zaune a Horodziej ba, amma wataƙila sun kai tsakanin 700 zuwa 1,000, kashi ɗaya bisa uku na yawan jama'ar. Bayan mamayewar Poland ƙauyen ya kasance ƙarƙashin
Soviet mamaye daga 1939 zuwa 1941, Jamus mamaye daga 1941 zuwa 1944 da kuma sake Soviet mamaye daga 1944 zuwa 1945, lokacin da bisa ga Yarjejeniyar Potsdam aka dauka daga Poland da kuma annexed zuwa Tarayyar Soviet.