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some of the accused, such as a local shop owner) were rounded up by the Poles and forced to sing
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Len was appointed mayor, and he appointed Turon head of the auxiliary police force formed under German orders. The Polish police plundered Jewish homes and raped Jewish women. Many Jews managed to flee to other towns, including
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Germans in September 1939, but was then turned over by the Germans to the Soviets. The town was occupied by the Germans during
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to build a defensive castle nearby. The fate of the castle has not been established, but it was probably destroyed by the
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founded a settlement here on a hill. Known as Raj, it would become the tribe's main town. According to the chronicler
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