Until 1945, Zantoch belonged to the district of Landsberg in Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg in Germany. Towards the end of World War II, Zantoch was occupied by the Red Army on January 20, 1945. Shortly thereafter, with the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line, Santok was transferred from Germany to Poland, as part of the extensive territorial changes of Poland after World War II. In the following years, the indigenous German population was expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.