28 May 1942 [1] The shooting of a smuggler by a constable203 along the ghetto wall on Bagno Street. Eyewitness account.
Around 9 a.m. a group of people—several smugglers and a bribed constable of the Jewish Order Service—was waiting near the wall for merchandise. Suddenly, the officer heard the whine of an engine and saw two Nazi gendarmes approaching on a motorcycle from the square. He ostentatiously waved his club and ordered the people to disperse. He also pretended to disperse them vigorously. That trick had often worked in such circumstances. But this time the Germans did not fall for it. When they saw the fleeing people, they opened fire from the machine gun mounted onto the motorcycle while still on the square. Chaim Albert died on the spot, shot as many as 3 times [. . .] the corpse of Albert. He took the 260 zlotys he found and ordered the documents to be handed over to the Jewish Order Service officer [. . .] [2] the squares and streets were completely deserted. No rickshaws. No people. The only spectator was a communications unit soldier standing next to a nearby box with telephone cables. He stopped working at the sound of the shots and began to watch the nearby scene. When the Jewish constable approached the German, the soldier plainly regretted that the prey was fleeing, because he took out his revolver and unexpectedly shot him in the head. He then returned to the open cable box, closed it, and slowly walked towards Twarda Street.
On 26 May Jews were waiting in line outside the building of the court on Leszno Street to pay a tax.204 Suddenly, Polish policemen and gendarmes
