During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was invaded by Germany, and was one of the sites of executions of Poles carried out by German troops (see "Nazi crimes against the Polish nation"). During the subsequent German occupation, the occupiers established and operated the E548 forced labour subcamp of the &lt;a href="Stalag%20VIII-B"&gt;Stalag VIII-B/344&lt;/a&gt; prisoner-of-war camp in the village.