Guta racho rakagarwa neGermany zvichitevera kupindirwa kweGermany neSoviet muPoland, uko kwakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939. Pana 14 December 1939, vaGermany vakaponda 46 vokuPoland vokuPruszków mukati mekuuraya kukuru kwePalmiry. Pamberi pokupinda nechisimba, guta racho rakanga riine vaJudha vakawanda. Muna 1940, zviremera zvokuGermany zvokupinda munyika
akagadza ghetto rechiJudha muPruszków, kuitira kuti asunge vagari varo vechiJudha nokuda kwedonzo rokutambudza nokushandisa. Ghetto rakaparadzwa musi wa31 Ndira 1941, apo vagari vayo vose 1,400<unk>3,000 vakaendeswa mumarori emombe kuenda kuWarsaw Ghetto, ghetto rakakura kwazvo muEurope yose yaitongwa neNazi ine vaJudha vanopfuura 400,000 vakazadza nzvimbo ye1 km2. Kubva ipapo, vakawanda vakaurayiwa vakaendeswa kumusasa wokuparadza weTreblinka.