Czepla Street

... The gate at Fabryczna Street, heretofore always closed, abruptly swung open and a tank entered, almost making it to Czepla Street. Suddenly it stopped dead in its tracks, a casualty of a Molotov cocktail. An airplane hovered over the heads of the resistance fighters, swooping down and firing upon them. ...

... At first the Nazis defined the ghetto area as several small streets, in the poor Jewish section, whose limited space would have imposed impossible hardships on the victims, with no chance of survival in such conditions. After the Judenrat intervened, however, promising the Nazis additional contributions of jewelry and other val- uables, the Germans agreed to extend the ghetto over a wider area, including Czestochowska, Polna, Kupiecka, Lipowa, Czepla, Jurowecka, Fabryczna, Bialysto- czanska, Neuwelt and the adjacent streets. The Jews were given just three days to abandon their homes and move into the ghetto. ...