Liquidation of the Miechów ghetto

Miechów, between Cracovie and Kielce, was home to an ancient community whose presence had long been contested by the town's bourgeoisie. The occupation established a closed quarter there that received Jews from the district's small towns as well as those expelled from Cracovie. In the autumn, the liquidation operation gathered the inhabitants in the square; the sick and the children were shot, the others marched on foot to the railway line and transported to Bełżec. A labor camp was maintained for a few weeks for the men employed in sorting the abandoned belongings, then dissolved in turn.