Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa1 September 1939, zuva rokutanga reHondo Yenyika II, Luftwaffe yeGermany yeNazi yakabhomba Żnin yakanga isina kudzivirirwa. Mazuva mapfumbamwe gare gare, mauto eGermany akapinda muguta racho, iro rakatumidzwa kuti "Dietfurt" uye raitarisirwa mukati meLandkreis Dietfurt (Wartheland). Mazita ose emigwagwa akatsiviwa nemazita evatungamiriri veNazi kana kuti mazita airatidzika kuva echiGerman. Pakanga pasina chikoro chevaPolish; vana vaifanira kufamba netsoka kuenda kuGóra, musha uri kumabvazuva kweZnin. VaPolish 600 vakaendeswa kune dzimwe nyika, uye 200 vakaendeswa kumabasa ekumanikidzirwa kana kuti kumisasa yevasungwa yeNazi. Muna November naDecember 1939, vasungwa, zvikurukuru vapanduki va1919, vakapfurwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzakapoteredza taundi. Mukati
mubato, vaGermany vakagadzawo ndokubata jeri reNazi mutaundi. Mushure mehondo, musi wa 21 Gumiguru 1945, kuvigwazve kwakawanda kwevanhu makumi matanhatu nevaviri vakaurayiwa kwakaitwa muGąsawa. Mumusha weGóra (zvino chikamu cheZnin), mariro akakosha evagari vechiJudha zana, vakaurayiwa mumusasa wevasungwa wepedyo weMurczyn, wakaitwa uye chiyeuchidzo chakagadzirwa nevashandi veZnin chakaziviswa musi wa11 Zvita 1987.