On September 4 , 1939 , Andrychów was captured by the Wehrmacht . The town was incorporated directly into the Third Reich , and on November 24 , 1939 , the Germans burned the local synagogue . During The Holocaust , most local Jews perished in Auschwitz . Germans retreated westwards on January 26 , 1945 , and next day Andrychów was captured by the Red Army . In the Polish People 's Republic , Andrychów was an important center of textile industry , with a large cotton plant ( Zaklady Przemyślu Bawelnianego ) . Another important factory was Andrychów Machine Works ( Andrychowska Fabryka Maszyn ) , which was based on the German World War II-era factory Areo-Stall Werke
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Andrychów