Transport from Fajsławice, Krasnystaw, Lublin, Poland to Izbica, Krasnystaw, Lublin, Poland on 09/1942

During World War II, the Fajsławice municipality (gmina) was located in the Krasnystaw County, in the Lublin District of the General Government (the part of occupied Poland that had not been annexed to the Reich).^[1] The village of Fajsławice, the seat of the municipality, lies some 20 kilometers northwest of the city of Krasnystaw.

The municipality was most likely occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 18, 1939, in tandem with the occupation of the Krasnystaw County. About two weeks later, the town was handed over to the Soviets for a few days. When the Soviets retreated, a few dozen local Jews left with them, crossing over into the USSR. The villages of the municipality were then reoccupied by Nazi Germany.^[2] Over the following months, some 100 Jewish refugees from Lublin and other settlements in the recently annexed Warthegau arrived in the gmina.^[3] In early 1940, a Judenrat was established in Fajsławice, headed by Szlomon Griffin [Griffel].^[4]

As of July 20, 1941, more than 180 Jews were listed as laborers in eight villages of the municipality: Siedliska I (Pierwsze), Siedliska II (Drugie), Suchodoły (village), Suchodoły (Kolony), Suchodoły (manor), Fajsławice, Wola Idzikowska, and Oleśniki.^[5]...