Liquidation of the ghetto of Kock

Kock, on the Tyśmienica, was the seat of one of the most renowned Hassidic courts in Poland, whose memory extended far beyond the boundaries of the small town. Under the occupation, the Jewish population was confined to a quarter, which was joined by Jews from the surrounding area and deportees from the West. Forced labor on the dikes and roads was a daily reality. In the autumn, the quarter was emptied and its inhabitants directed toward the transit camp at Łuków, from which convoys departed for Treblinka. The house of study and the court of Kock were destroyed, and nothing of the community remains on the site.