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  4. Transport XL from Lodz,Ghetto,Poland to Chelmno,Extermination Camp,Poland on 02/04/1942

Transport XL from Lodz, Ghetto, Poland to Chelmno, Extermination Camp, Poland on 02/04/1942

tags.transport
results.dates.deportureDate 02/04/1942 results.dates.arrivalDate 03/04/1942
Lodz,Ghetto,Poland
7 Szklana street, Łódź
A school building on Jonschera (Bertram) street, Marysin
School compound, 25 Młynarska street, Łódź
Horse-drawn wagons
Marched by foot
Łódź,Lodz,Lodz,Poland
Radegast railway station
Train
Kolo,Kolo,Lodz,Poland
Kolo, train station
Narrow-gauge train
Powiercie,Kolo,Lodz,Poland
Marched by foot
Zawadka,Kolo,Lodz,Poland
Mill in Zawadka
Trucks
Chelmno,Extermination Camp,Poland
On the morning of April 2, 1942, there was no sign that the deportations were coming to an end. The Ghetto Chronicle mentioned cases of people who volunteered for the transport in the belief that everyone would be leaving the ghetto soon and whoever left earlier would be better off. "It was said that the deportations were going to stop on April 3, 1942, but again more numbers are mentioned and some speak of total liquidation of the ghetto."

On April 2, Józef Zelkowicz, one of the writers for the Ghetto Chronicle, wrote in his diary:...
Barry Bruk - testifies about the deportation from Łódź to Chełmno in April 1942