 Kutevera kupamba kwakabatanidzwa kweGermany neSoviet yePoland, iyo yakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939, guta racho rakagarwa neGermany kusvikira muna 1945. Hondo yacho yakaguma norufu rwevagari vemo 2.000, kubatanidza 90 muzana yevagari vayo vechiJudha, uye kuparadzwa kweinopfuura 75 yeguta racho. Mukati mehondo Szczekociny yakanga iri nzvimbo huru yokurwisana neGermany. Muchirimo cha 1944, sorutivi rweOperation Tempest, zvikamu zvemuno zveHome Army zvakaedza kutora Szczekociny, zvichiparadza mabhiriji pamusoro pePilica neZebrowka nzizi. 