Transport from Ozorkow, Leczyca, Lodz, Poland to Chelmno, Extermination Camp, Poland on 03/1942

At the beginning of World War II, German troops occupied the western Polish district of Łęczyca, initially part of the General Government (Generalgouvernement, the zone of Nazi-occupied central Poland not formally annexed to the Reich). Fierce battles over Ozorków took place in September 1939 and the city was conquered on September 5 or 7, 1939; many residents were shot and killed in the process. The Germans burned down the synagogue and Beit Midrash (Jewish house of study) on the subsequent days. Following the occupation, the Germans began to hunt for Jews and sent them to hard labor—among other things, burying the many bodies around the city. On November 20, 1939, the district was annexed to the German Reich under the Landkreis (county) of Lentschütz (German name for Łęczyca), which later became part of the administrative district of Kalisz (and from 1941 part of the district of Litzmannstadt). The seat of the German County Office was the city of Ozorków, which was renamed Brunnstadt. ...