1941, both typhoid and typhus epidemics spread throughout the community but a valiant Jewish doctor established processes of sanitation and disinfection. Some Jews were kidnapped and sent to forced labor camps. In early September 1942, the Jews were rounded up. The old and weak were taken to the cemetery in carts driven by Polish peasants under German orders. At least 1200 were machine-gunned to death there. Most of the rest were sent by train to Belzec where they were immediately gassed. A few were sent to a labor camp. Several younger Jews fled to the forest and joined partisan groups fighting the Germans. By the end of the war, fewer than 200 survived. Actions in Dzialoszyce were typical of the actions in other Polish towns as part of the Holocaust. In 1946, the population of the town was 2506. Among points of interest, there are the parish church of the Holy Trinity (1222, frequently remodeled) and the ruins of a synagogue from 1852. References External links Official site of Działoszyce (in Polish) Jewish community of Działoszyce on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Pińczów County Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795) Kielce Governorate Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939) Holocaust locations in Poland