Transport from Szlatyn, Tomaszow Lubelski, Lublin, Poland to Belzec, Extermination Camp, Poland on 22/05/1942

Szlatyn is a small village in the gmina (municipality) of Jarczów in southeastern Poland, 20 kilometers east of the larger town of Tomaszów Lubelski. The 1921 census of Poland shows that Szlatyn was home to thirty-four Jews, within a total population of 351.^[1]

After the outbreak of WWII, and the occupation of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union, the town fell within the German-occupation zone. It was part of the Zamość County (Kreis) in the Lublin District (Distrikt), within the General Government. Like in other nearby villages, many of the Szlatyn Jews crossed over into Soviet-controlled territory.^[2]

The census of the Jewish population in Zamość County, conducted at the end of October 1940, showed that only eight Jewish residents remained in Szlatyn.^[3] We know of only one family of eight that remained in Szlatyn under the Nazi occupation: Josef Krieger (father), Lea Krieger (mother) and their six children, Yona, Moshe, Yaakov, Isaac, Peshe Perl, and Chana....