Kraków ghetto had 20,000 Jews. Now there are only 12,000 Jews, also unsure
of their future.⁶⁴¹
Tarnów – Murders of Jews combined with deportations “in an unknown
direction” have been continuous in Tarnów since Wednesday, 10 June. So
far the Germans have murdered 4,000 Jews and deported 9,000 of them
to die.⁶⁴²
Lublin area
Włodawa – At the end of May the Gestapo functionaries brutally executed
100 Jews.
Końska Wola⁶⁴³ – On Friday, 8 May, the Germans executed the rabbi and
27 Jews, including a few members of the Judenrat. 800 of the 1,300 Jews were
deported in an unknown direction.
Chełm – On Saturday, 23 May, the Germans executed 200 Jews. 5,000 were
deported in an unknown direction.
Kraśnik – In mid-April 2,000 Jews were deported from the town in an
unknown direction.
Chodel – In early May the majority of the Jewish population was massacred.
Many were deported.
Turobin⁶⁴⁴ – On 31 May the entire Jewish population was deported in
an unknown direction. Only a handful managed to remain in Turobin.
Zamość – On 11 May⁶⁴⁵ the Germans deported 2,500 of the 7,500 Jews in an
unknown direction and murdered 500 Jews. On 27 May they deported another
2,500 people, including even those employed on German work details (at the
airfield, at drainage works, etc.).⁶⁴⁶
641 This note is based on the anonymous testimony “Wydarzenia w Krako wie (29. 05–8. 06)” [Events in Kraków (29 May–8 June], dated 14 June 1942. See. ARG I 827 (Ring. I/833). To be printed in: The Ringelblum Archive. Accounts from the General Government; Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, pp. 527–530.
642 See Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, pp. 584–587.
643 Końskowola (Puławy County).
644 Turobin (Krasnystaw County).
645 It should be: 11 April.
646 The first deportation from Zamość to Bełżec was conducted during 11–12 April 1942 and the second on 27 May 1942. This note is based on an account of escapee Fiszelzon of 6 June 1942. See ARG I 1059 (Ring. I/946). To be printed in: The Ringelblum Archive. Accounts from the General Government; Adam Kopciowski, Zagłada Żydów w Zamościu (Lublin, 2005).
