Transport from Wojciechówka, Tomaszow Lubelski, Lublin, Poland to Zamosc, Zamosc, Lublin, Poland on 05/1942

Transport from Wojciechówka to Zamość, May 1942

The village of Wojciechówka is located approximately 120 kilometers southeast of Lublin, in eastern Poland. During World War II, it was one of twenty villages which were part of the gmina (municipality) of Tyszowce – a town located about 7 kilometers southeast of the village – in Zamość County, Lublin District of occupied Poland (General Government).^[1] A census conducted by the Polish government in 1921 lists 2 Jews living in Wojciechówka.^[2]

The village was occupied by the Germans in the middle of September 1939. About a week later, in line with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Wojciechówka was handed over to the Soviets, but a week later they withdrew and the village was reverted to German control for the duration of the war.^[3]...