Transport from Bilgoraj, Ghetto, Poland to Janowice, Camp, Poland on 01/1943

Biłgoraj County is located in today’s Lublin Province, southeastern Poland. In 1931, the county had a Jewish population of 12, 938. When its borders changed to become Kreishauptmannschaft Biłgoraj in 1939, the population increased to around 16,000 Jews. According to research, in 1939 lived 5,010 Jews in Biłgoraj town. After the Germans entered the town on September 17, 1939, they forcefully evicted many Jews from their apartments and German soldiers moved in instead. On September 29, the Red Army entered the town. The Soviet forces left on October 5 or 6, and the German army returned. About 1,500 Jews left with the Russians, in anticipation of their persecution by the Nazis regime. In November 1939, the German administration established a Judenrat with Haim Mordechaj Hirszenhorn as its chairman. According to documents from Joint Distribution Committee, the Jewish Social Self-Help (Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna, ŻSS), the Central Welfare Council (Rada Główna Opiekuńcza, RGO) and local administration from the occupation period, in 1942 there were at least 2,200 Jews left in Bilgoraj, including Jewish refugees from nearby villages. ...