[2][4] After the start of the Soviet January offensive in early 1945, the Red Army broke through from the line of the Vistula River well into German-held territory in occupied Poland.

[2][3] According to Polish media, in addition to the mass murder of civilians, the Soviet forces looted the village and raped an unknown number of women.

Some authors believe that the Soviet soldiers wanted to take revenge for the losses suffered by the Red Army during the recent skirmishes with the Wehrmacht in the area.

[5] Polish newspapers also note that two more civilians were killed in the summer of that year, after the end of the war, when Red Army troops were returning from Germany.

[1][3] Around that time, the Katowice branch of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) started an investigation into the events,[2] as well as on similar massacres carried out in Gliwice and Ruda Śląska-Halemba.

[3] During the investigation, various documents provided by the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation were examined,[3] however, there was insufficient information to determine which units of the Red Army participated in the massacre or who was responsible for the killings.