Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin mamayewar Jamusanci-Soviet na Poland, wanda ya fara Yaƙin Duniya na II, a watan Satumbar 1939, Janów ya yi ta fashewa da bam sau uku daga Luftwaffe, wanda ya kashe mutane 350 kuma ya lalata kashi 85% na garin. Daga bisani Jamus ta mamaye garin.
Ka yi haƙuri. Akalla 'yan Poland 17 daga gundumar' yan Rasha sun kashe su a cikin babban kisan gilla na Katyn a watan Afrilu-Mayu 1940, yayin da a watan Yunin 1940, 'yan Jamus suka gudanar da kame-kame na' yan Poland na gida yayin "AB-Aktion". An tsare 'yan Poland da aka kama a Lublin, sannan sau da yawa ana tura su zuwa sansanonin taro na Sachsenhausen da Auschwitz, yayin da aka kashe wasu a lokacin kisan kiyashi na' yan Poland da aka yi a Rury, Lublin. An bude sansanin aikin tilas a shekarar 1940, kuma masu mamayewa sun tsananta wa Yahudawa mazaunan garin. Akwai kungiyoyin 'yan tawaye na yahudawa da yawa da ke aiki a cikin gandun dajin Janów na tsawon lokacin yakin. Duk da wannan, Yahudawa 20 ne kawai daga garin suka tsira daga Holocaust daga cikin Yahudawa 3,500 zuwa 5,000 da ke zaune a garin kafin yakin.