From 1915 to 1918, the town was under German occupation during World War I. After the Polish–Soviet War, it was part of Poland, within which it was a county seat until 1935 until it was moved to Iwacewicze, part of the Polesie Voivodeship. On 3 February 1927, as Polish newspaper Robotnik reported, Polish policemen shot manifestation of peasants that claimed to release imprisoned deputies.[citation needed]
Following the 1939 invasion of Poland, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944. In 1941, the Germans established a ghetto for Jews, both locals and refugees who had previously fled the German occupiers from western and central Poland. The ghetto was liquidated in July 1942 with the Jews either deported to other locations or massacred in nearby Mereczowszczyzna. In July 1944, the town was re-occupied by the Soviet Union, and eventually annexed from Poland the following year.[citation needed]
^ abcdSłownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 199.
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