[1] The village of Kolaczyce was founded probably in late 13th century, as property of the Benedictine Abbey from Tyniec.

In 1546, the town burned in a great fire, while in 1657, it was completely destroyed by Transilvanian forces of George II Rakoczi (see Swedish invasion of Poland).

In 1772, Kolaczyce was annexed by the Habsburg Empire in the First Partition of Poland, and remained in Austrian Galicia until November 1918.

[2] Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the settlement was occupied by Germany until 1944.

The Nazis gathered 260 Jews from the nearby town of Brzostek, and surrounding villages, marched them a few miles south along the road No.