Transport from Szczebrzeszyn, Zamosc, Lublin, Poland to Szczebrzeszyn, Murder Site on 22/06/1942

In June 1942, the Jewish community of Szczebrzeszyn, a town in Biłgoraj County, in eastern Poland, faced an imminent threat of deportation and was subjected to severe violence by the German occupiers. Since the Germans entered the town in October 1939, the Jews had endured physical abuse, theft and were made to do forced labor. By June 1942, groups of Jewish men had been deported to labor camps. A pogrom was perpetrated in May 1942, and in that month 280 Jews were sent to their deaths in Bełżec. By then, the remaining Jews in Szczebrzeszyn – approximately 2,500 souls – already knew about the horrors of the death camp in Bełżec. In the town itself murder became almost a daily occurrence; in some cases, individuals or small groups of Jews were seized and taken to sites near the town and killed there. Some, like the two daughters of the painter Lemer, were shot on Rozłopska Road, just outside Szczebrzeszyn. Others were transported to Zwierzyniec, about 10 kilometers to the south, and executed there. Those, like Moishe Gelernter, who resisted, or, like Liba Berger, who tried to escape, were shot on the spot. ...