Transport from Kulno, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland to Kulno, forest, Murder Site, Poland on 03/08/1942

The village of Kulno is situated some 40 kilometers southwest of the town of Biłgoraj in southeastern Poland. During World War II it belonged to the municipality (gmina) of Potok Górny in Biłgoraj County (Landkreis) within the Lublin District (Distrikt) of the General Government (Generalgouvernement). The Jewish population of the entire Potok Górny municipality (gmina) numbered 243 souls, according to JSS (Jüdische Soziale Selbsthilfe or Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna – Jewish Social Self-help) data from late 1939. Sidney Pressberg, a Jewish survivor from Kulno, noted that about fifteen Jewish families lived in Kulno when the war broke out. Some of the Kulno Jews may have been forced to relocate to the nearby town of Krzeszów in the spring of 1942, following an order issued by the German authorities. If so, they were most likely deported to Bełżec on November 4 of that year, together with the Krzeszów Jews. On August 3, 1942, all the Jews who remained in Kulno were taken by the Germans to a killing site outside the village and murdered. A number of non-Jewish residents were arrested and murdered together with the Jews. The pretext for the roundup of both Jews and non-Jews may have been an accusation of collaboration with partisans. ...