Transport from Kulno, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland to Krzeszow, Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland on 16/09/1942

The village of Kulno is situated some 40 kilometers southwest of the town of Biłgoraj in southeastern Poland. During World War II, it was under German occupation as part of the Potok Górny municipality (gmina) in Biłgoraj County (Landkreis), within the Lublin District (Distrikt) of the General Government (Generalgouvernement).

According to the Potok Górny municipal census from October 25, 1939, 243 Jews were residing in the municipality’s villages. Kulno had a total population of 1,385, among them 109 Jewish residents. The demographic makeup of Kulno's Jews was as follows: 47 people ages 0-16; 55 people ages 16-60; and 7 people sixty years old and older. Of the 109 Jewish inhabitants, 53 were male and 56 were female.^[1]

The first anti-Jewish Aktion (operation) was conducted in Kulno on August 3, 1942.^[2] The Nazis carried out a roundup in the village, primarily targeting Jews, but also including local non-Jewish residents, accusing them of collaboration with partisans.^[3] According to various sources, between sixty to eighty Jewish men, women and children were amongst the murdered.^[4]...