Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure peHondo Yokuzvidzivirira yePoland ya 1939,
Germany yakatora nzvimbo yacho uye musi wa 26 October Wadowice yakabatanidzwa neNazi Germany. Pana 29 December wegore rimwe chetero guta racho rakatumidzwazve zita rokuti "Wadowitz". Pakutanga vakangwara vePoland vakanangwa nemitemo yakaoma yeGerman yerudzi netsika uye mazana evanhu vanobva munzvimbo iyi, kunyanya vapristi, vadzidzisi uye maartist, vakapondwa mukuurayiwa kwakawanda (ona "Intelligenzaktion"). Vakawanda vakasungwa muMontelupich Prison ine mukurumbira wakashata muKraków uye ipapo vakaurawa muKrzesławice Fort yeKraków Fortress muna December 1939. Mamwe mazana akadzingwa ndokugarazve kuGeneral Government kuitira kuti vagadzire nzvimbo yevagari vemuGermany maererano nemutemo we"Lebensraum". Germany yakavambawo ndokubata jeri reNazi mutaundi racho. Pakati pa1941 na1943 ghetto yakatangwa muguta. Vanodokuva vagari vose vechiJudha vomunzvimbomo (vanopfuura 2.000) vakaparadzwa, zvikurukuru mumusasa wechibharo waiva pedyo weAuschwitz. Mukuwedzera, vaGermany vakagadzira musasa wevasungwa vehondo nokuda kwavarwi veAllied uye musasa wechirango uyo wakashumira somusasa wokutamisa misasa yechibharo yeGermany yakasiyana-siyana. Pasinei nokutyisidzira kweGermany, mauto eHome Army akanga achishanda munharaunda yacho, kunyanya muguta racho uye mumakomo eBeskid kumaodzanyemba kwaro.