Potarzyca, Gostyń County

[1] The area formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century.

Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1941–1942, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who then were either deported to forced labour in Germany or enslaved as forced labour of new German colonists in the county.

[3] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.

[4] In 1941–1942, the Germans also operated a forced labour camp for Jewish men in the village.