Transport from Babice, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland to Jozefow, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland on 08/1942

The village of Babice is the seat of a gmina (municipal administrative district) of the same name in the County of Biłgoraj, Lublin District, about 30 kilometers southeast of the town of Biłgoraj. According to the Population Register, in 1921 the Jewish population of the gmina (which in addition to Babice included the villages of Obsza, Obszańska Wola, Zamek and Dorbozy) stood at 332, of whom 18 Jews resided in Babice. At the outbreak of the World War II, 105 Jews resided in the gmina of Babice, and 142 in 1942. At this time, among the residents of the village of Babice were Yosef Tintenfish, Shmuel Feif, a merchant, the Volf family, the Szwecer family and the Rogal family. German forces entered the area on September 14, 1939, followed ten days later by the Red Army. At this time, a few Jewish families fled from Babice to the Soviet Union. Among them was Israel Rogal with his family. On October 5, 1939, the Germans reoccupied the area and subjected the Jews to a regime of violence and hunger. Some Jewish men from the village of Babice -– Zisser Szwecer, Moszko Szwecer and Icek Szwecer – were forced out of their homes in order to work in the area of Biłgoraj. Moshe Volf was deported to the Bełżec (Belzec) forced labor camp on August 14, 1940. ...