[3] The history of Pustków Osiedle is closely connected with Central Industrial Area, one of the biggest public works projects of the Second Polish Republic.

[4] Owing to favorable location (near a rail line from Dębica to Tarnobrzeg, and away from large cities), in 1937 first trees were cut some three kilometers (1.9 miles) south of Pustków.

Construction of a Lignoza factory began, together with a settlement for the workers - blocks of flats and villas for managers and engineers.

Production started in April 1939, and on September 8, 1939 (see Invasion of Poland), first units of the Wehrmacht entered the settlement.

Prisoners were forced to work on the development of the V-2 rocket, and the SS controlled the area stretching from Mielec to Kolbuszowa.