Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yokupinda kweGermany muPoland, iyo yakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, Wehrmacht yakatora taundi racho musi waSeptember 8, 1939. Pashure pacho yakanga iri
yakatorwa neGermany uye yakabatanidzwa mukati meRadom District yeGeneral Government, yakaumbwa neGerman-yakagarwa pakati pePoland. Muna 1940 vaGermany vakaita kusungwa kukuru kwevaPolish sechikamu che"AB-Aktion". VaPoland vakasungwa muna March vakaendeswa kumisasa yevasungwa yeNazi kana kuurayiwa muGóry Wysokie, nepo avo vakasungwa muna June vakaiswa mutorongo uye vakatambudzwa muSkarżysko-Kamienna ndokuzourayiwa musango pedyo neSkarżysko-Kamienna. MaGerman akaita kuuraya kwakawanda uye kuuraya vanhu vakawanda muguta racho. Musi waSeptember 30, 1942, vanhu 29 vokuPoland, vaisanganisira vatengesi, vadzidzisi nevakuru vakuru vomunharaunda, vakasungirirwa paMarket Square. Muna 1944, vaGermany vakadururira zvinhu zvinoparadza muguva ravo guru vachiedza kuvanza mhosva yacho. Ruzhinji rwomunzanga yechiJudha yomuguta racho rwakabvuma. 11 000 vakapondwa muHolocaust muna 1943-1944.