Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukati mokupinda kweGermany muPoland, uko kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, pana September 13, 1939, Leżajsk yakatorwa neWehrmacht. Pashure pacho, "Einsatzgruppe I" yeGermany yakapinda muguta kuti iite utsinye hwakasiyana-siyana kuvanhu. Musi waNovember 3, 1939, mapurisa okuGermany akasunga vanhu vakawanda vokuPoland sechikamu che"Intelligenzaktion". VaPolish ipapo vaiiswa mutorongo romunzvimbomo kana kuti vaiurawa paguva romunzvimbomo. Pakati pavaPoland vakaurawa paiva nevadzidzisi, vakuru vechikoro, vaprista uye vakuru vemauto. VaPolish vanobva kuLeżajsk vaivewo pakati pevakaurayiwa mukuuraya kukuru kweKatyn, kwakaitwa nemaRussia muna Kubvumbi-Chivabvu 1940. Mukati
Mukubatwa kweGermany, Home Army yakanga ichishanda zvikuru munharaunda yacho. Kubvira muna May 1940, pepanhau rePoland rainzi "Odwet" raiparadzirwa muLeżajsk neboka revarwi vokuPoland. Musi waMay 28, 1943, vaGermany vakapfura vagari 43 vomutaundi racho. Leżajsk yakatorwa neHome Army musi waJuly 27, 1944.