Numbers of Jews were killed in pogroms, and others immigrated to Western Europe or the United States.

[4] In the Second Polish Republic between the world wars, Lanivtsi, known then as Łanowce, belonged to Krzemieniec County, Volhynian Voivodeship.

For centuries, Lanivtsi was the center of an area of large estates that belonged to several noble families, such as the Jelowicki, Wiśniowiecki, Mniszech and Rzewuski.

The Germans created a Jewish ghetto in Łanowce, where Jews worked as forced laborers.

From August 13-14, 1942, 1,833 Jews were murdered beside open pits, where they were buried in mass graves.