Transport from Katy, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland to Frampol, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland on 09/1942

Kąty, a village in the administrative municipality (gmina) of Frampol, belonged to Zamość County until March 1940 and thereafter to Biłgoraj County, in the Lublin District. In 1921 it was home to 37 Jews.^[1] In 1939, according to a local Polish resident, Edward (Adolf) Saj, between five and seven Jewish families lived in the village: the Bryk family and the families of Szlomo, Szlomek, Szaja, and Hersz (surnames unknown).^[2]

According to Edward Saj's testimony, "[w]hen in September 1939 the Germans entered [the village], they immediately made life difficult, mostly for you [the Jews], they took your [Jewish] mill, the fields, and even the better homes, and they forced you to hard labor, even providing no food. Mostly for land improvement of the Łada river, [standing] up to the waist in the water and in the cold because there was already ground frost."^[3]

Nathan Bryk later testified: "In September 1939 the Germans occupied our town. As Jews we had no rights whatsoever. They confiscated our flower factory, and we, a family of 8 people, lost everything."^[4]...