Following the German aggression against Poland on 1 September 1939 and the attack by the USSR on 17 September 1939, thousands of Poles, both civilians and soldiers, crossed the Hungarian border. Despite the difficult international situation and Hungary's affiliation with the Axis powers, the Hungarians were very sympathetic and provided assistance to the Polish refugees. The Poles were cared for - both by the Hungarian state and by Polish organisations operating in Hungary. The internees were placed in numerous military and civilian camps.
The number of Polish internees in the initial period of the exile is estimated at about 140,000, including about 33,000 privates and officers. Over time, the number of refugees, mainly military, decreased as a result of the evacuation campaign organised by the Poles to France and the Middle East to Polish military units being formed there.
In the local cemetery in plot 2, in the 12th row, there is the grave of Major of the Polish Army Franciszek Szkuta, a veterinary surgeon, who died on 26.04.1945. The grave is marked by a horizontal concrete slab lying on the ground and a small cross with a gravestone plaque: "ŚP. FRANCISZEK SZKUTA / MAJOR LEK.-WET. W.P. / DIED 26.IV.1945 / LIVED 55 YEARS / HONOUR HIS MEMORY".
According to archive documents, Lieutenant Władysław Łabędzia, born on 13.12.1890 in the town of Tajkuny, resident in Tarnów, died on 7.04.1942, and the child of Polish refugees Urszula Sidorow, aged 3, died on 24.05.1945, were also buried in Verőka. Their graves are unlikely to have survived to the present day; during an inventory carried out in March 2025, these graves were not found.

Elaborated. A.Wojda, MKiDN, VII 2025.