JEWS AT FORCED LABOR FROM THE KOZIENICE GHETTO 1942
JEWS AT FORCED LABOR FROM THE KOZIENICE GHETTO 1942, Jews from the Kozienice ghetto at forced labor digging alongside a canal in the nearby village of Wolka. They are working for the Gorczycki firm who was building a canal. From left to right are Wasserman, Salka Bendler, Anka Mandelbaum, Sabina Goldstein and Bezalel Berneman. After July 1942, Jews from the surrounding towns and villages were systematically relocated into the Kozienice ghetto. By August 1942, a few weeks before its liquidation, approximately 13,000 Jews had been concentrated in the Kozienice ghetto, which became immensely overcrowded. The German police conducted the liquidation of the Kozienice ghetto on September 27, 1942. First SS forces, Gendarmerie, and Ukrainian auxiliaries surrounded the ghetto early in the morning. The Jews were forced to leave their houses and gather on Targowa and Koscielna Streets. The people were only allowed to take 15 kilograms of luggage with them. The older people were l...