 919 Jews from Luposzno were brought to the town in September 1942, and small groups of Jews were brought in from other nearby cities, with the population rising 4000.Under the orders of Gerulf Mayer, the local Gendarme commander, the ghetto was liquidated on September 12.The Jews were chased to the market square and marched to the Wolice train station away, where they were sent to the Treblinka death camp.