 On 9 September a further 85 people were imprisoned by the Germans.The German authorities destroyed the city's monuments to Polish independence, and banned Polish priests from speaking Polish during church masses

On 4 September the Einsatzgruppe V demanded a list of names of all members of the 600-strong Jewish community within 14 hours, as well as a list of all their possessions.They were also fined 20,000 zlotych

On 6 September the whole city was covered with posters demanding that Jews and "mixed races" of category I and IInd degree (so-called "Mischlinge", i.e.