 From 1941 to 1944, the village was under Axis occupation and was included into the Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia.Since 1944, the village was part of autonomous Yugoslav Vojvodina, which (from 1945) was part of new socialist Yugoslav Serbia.Before the Yugoslav wars, the village was ethnically mixed and largest ethnic group in Hrtkovci were Croats, while the rest of population were Serbs, Hungarians and Yugoslavs.