Wave of Deportation from Kowale Panskie, Ghetto, Poland to Lodz, Ghetto, Poland on 07/1942

In July 1942, the Jews in the "Dorfghetto" (rural ghetto) of Kowale Pańskie were ordered to gather near the Judenrat (Jewish Council) building in Czachulec Nowy, the main village of the 17 in that area, in order to register. The Jews were taken there by horse-drawn wagons as well as other means. In that building Mordechai Strykowski, the head of the Jewish police, compiled a list of deportees. 200 people tried to escape, but most of them were probably killed. Various German agencies, such as the Gestapo and Schupo (Schutzpolizei, uniformed regular police force), took part in the organization of this deportation. In addition, at least two main figures from the Gettoverwaltung (German administration of the Łódź ghetto) played an active role: Hans Biebow, chief of the Gettoverwaltung; and Heinrich Schwind, chief of the transport department. This procedure was conducted in the backyard of a local farmer by the name of Przygonski. According to the testimony of Szmuel Glube, those ill with typhus were gathered in two buildings adjacent to the Judenrat. Subsequently, the buildings were burned down and the people were killed. The next day, at 6 a.m., trucks and cars arrived from Łódź. The Germans selected 113 men to be deported to the Łódź ghetto. Almost all the rest were deported to Chełmno; some men attempted to escape, and many of them were killed....