[1] The oldest mention of Tuliszków in 1320 originates from the Chronicle of Kacper Niesiecki,[3] written three centuries later.

[4] Known in Latinized forms as Tviliskow, Tuliscov, or Tuliscovo, the name is of Polish origin, and means fox grounds.

After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw.

[7] The Jewish community was 250 people in the 1921 census,[8] led by Rabbi Joel Foks, member of Mizrachi.

[8] Following the joint Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany.

In December 1939 the invading Germans ordered the creation of a Judenrat and forced all adult Jews to wear the Star of David; the community was stripped of money and valuables.