From 1744 to 1886 Zakliczyn belonged to the Lanckoroński family . In 1772 ( see Partitions of Poland ) , the town was annexed by the Austrian Empire . Until 1918 it lay within Galicia . In the early 19th century , a new town hall was erected . In early 1846 , it was the scene of a peasant revolt when local farmworkers attacked members of Polish nobility ( see Galician slaughter ) , murdering many of them . In 1867 , the population of Zakliczyn numbered 1,415 . During World War I , the town was destroyed after heavy Austrian - Russian fighting , several military cemeteries from that era still exist in surrounding villages . In the Second Polish Republic the situation did not improve , and to make matters worse , Zakliczyn suffered widespread destruction in the 1934 flood in Poland . Finally , in 1934 it was stripped of its town charter and was reduced to village status . In 1939 the population of Zakliczyn reached 2,000 of whom 50 % were Jews . This led during World War II to the establishment of a Jewish ghetto when the Nazis overran Poland and Jewish citizens were brought in from neighbouring municipalities to Zakliczyn before being transported to Belzec extermination camp . Almost all of Zakliczyn 's Jews perished in the Holocaust . The German occupiers also burned down several neighbouring villages , killing around 500 of Zakliczyn 's Polish catholic residents . Wehrmacht units finally retreated on January 17 , 1945 with the arrival of Soviet troops
1934 flood in Poland
1934 flood in Poland
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