 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekubatanidzwa kweGerman-Soviet yekupinda muPoland, iyo yakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, munaGunyana 1939, Opatów yakapindirwa uye yakazotorwa neGerman. Muna 1939, vaGermany vakarayira kuti chiyeuchidzo chaLudwik Zwierzdowski chiputswe, saka meya womunzvimbo yacho akachiviga kuti chichengetedzwe, nemhaka yacho chakadzorerwa pashure pehondo. Muna 1940 vaGermany vakaita kusungwa kukuru kwevaPolish sechikamu cheAB-AktionVaPolish vakasungwa muna March vakaendeswa kumisasa yevasungwa yeNazi kana kuurayiwa muGóry Wysokie, nepo avo vakasungwa muna June vakaiswa mutorongo uye vakatambudzwa muSkarżysko-Kamienna ndokuzourayiwa. Opatów yakanga iri nzvimbo huru yesangano rePoland rokurwisa. Mapepanhau epasi pevhu ePoland akadhindwa muSandomierz iri pedyo akagoverwa muOpatów kubvira muna 1940, uye kubva munaNovember 1943 imba yekudhinda yePoland yakavhurwawo muOpatów. Musi waMarch 11, 1943, vaGermany vakasunga vanhu vakawanda vokuPoland, kusanganisira vaipikisa. Usiku hwaMarch 1213, 1943, boka rePoland revasungwa vepasi pevhu reJędrusie, pamwe chete nevarwi veHome Army, vakaita kurwisa kwakabudirira kujeri reGerman uye vakasunungura vasungwa makumi masere, maGerman asati avaendesa kune imwe nzvimbo. Muna June 1944, Home Army yakauraya mukuru weGestapo womunzvimbomo Otto Schultz. 