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Transport XXXIX from Lodz, Ghetto, Poland to Chelmno, Extermination Camp, Poland on 01/04/1942

01/04/1942 02/04/1942
Lodz,Ghetto,Poland
7 Szklana street, Łódź
School compound, 25 Młynarska street, Łódź
A school building on Jonschera (Bertram) street, Marysin
Marched by foot
Horse-drawn wagons
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
April 1, 1942 was the eve of Passover. The Łódź Ghetto Chronicle reported that the temperature reached 15 degrees Celsius and that it rained.
Józef Zelkowicz wrote in his diary on that date:
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