[5] On 3 May 1921, during the Third Silesian Uprising of Poles against German rule, a Polish insurgent unit led by Józef Siber attempted to blow up the bridge, leading to its damage.

[5] During the final stages of World War II, in January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp passed through the village.

In March 1945, refugees passed through the village fleeing advancing Soviet troops.

[6] In total, 392 inhabitants of the village died in the war, including 231 soldiers and 161 civilians.

Until recently, Racławice was a rail junction, with trains leaving in three directions - towards Nysa, Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Głubczyce.