Transport from Obsza, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland to Jozefow (Bilgoraj), Camp, Poland on 08/1942

In 1921, Obsza, a village in the gmina (municipality) of Babice (currently the seat of the municipality), about 36 kilometers southeast of the town of Biłgoraj, in Bilgoraj County, Lublin District, had a population of about 1,000, including eighty-four Jews. Among the latter were the Shnitzer (Sznicer) family, with ten children, and the Cukersztajn, Radel (Redel), and Dich families.

German forces entered the area on September 14, 1939, followed ten days later by the Red Army, prompting some to escape to the Soviet Union, among them Sonya Itz. 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 were forced to work in other towns – for example, Mordko Sznicer was sent to Biłgoraj and Mendel Fajersztajn to Tarnogród. ...