 The German 5th Armored Division moved through the city itself, where they battled by the 1st Battalion of 203 Reserve Infantry Regiment ( Battalion ON "Tarnowskie Góry" ).In 1941–1942, in the vicinity of the old cemetery in Stopnica, the Nazis established a ghetto where they kept about 5,000 Jews.In October 1942, the Germans started transporting the Jewish people from Stopnica County to Treblinka.