Transport from Slupca, Konin, Lodz, Poland to Rzgow, Lodz, Lodz, Poland on 18/07/1940

The first deportations of Jews from Słupca (Grenzhausen), a small town in Konin County, with a Jewish population of 1,426 prior to the German occupation, to the Generalgouvernement took place in February 1940 when two transports departed to Niepołomice (Niepolomitz), Bochnia and Tarnów (Salzberg, Tarnau) in the voivodeship of Kraków (Krakau). In July 1940, a decree was issued that Słupca had to be "Judenrein." Thus, German police together with Hilfpolizei (Hipo – auxiliary police), which consisted of Volksdeutches, entered Słupca's Jewish homes and ordered the Jews to assemble in the market square that night. The Jews were allowed to take only hand luggage with them. Chaim Reichert, who was on this transport, testified after the war that his family woke up to knocking on the door and screams of "Aufmachen!" (Open!) Several SS men entered the house and gave them ten minutes to pack their personal belongings and to leave the place. The Germans searched the house for any valuables they could take. After the family left the house, the Germans sealed the doors and made an announcement that no one was allowed to go back inside....