Wave of Deportation from Klodawa, Kolo, Lodz, Poland to Chelmno, Extermination Camp, Poland on 02/01/1942

On Friday, January 2, 1942, the local gendarmerie in Kłodawa (Tonningen) gathered 30 young men, whose names were chosen from a list of the town’s Jewish inhabitants, most likely one produced on German order by the Jewish council. The men were kept in the gendarmerie building for the day, and in the evening sent by truck in the direction of Chełmno, guarded by the gendarmerie.

On Sunday, January 4, the same gendarmes demanded 20 more able-bodied men, but only 16 elderly and sick men were presented to them. They, too, were transported by truck in the same direction....