The official order for the creation of the Ghetto in Częstochowa was issued on 9 April 1941 by '' Stabshauptmann '' Richard Wendler . In addition to Jews from Częstochowa , more Jews were being brought in by rail from nearby towns and villages of the '' Generalgouvernement '' part of occupied south-western Second Polish Republic , including from Krzepice , Olsztyn , Mstów , Janów , and Przyrów , on top of expellees from Polish lands annexed into the Reich at the beginning of war , mostly from Płock and Łódź . The ghetto inmates were forced to work as slave labour in the armaments industry , a majority of them in the expanded Polish foundry " Metalurgia " located on Krotka Street ( which had been taken over by the German manufacturer HASAG , and renamed Hassag-Eisenhütte AG ) as well as in other local factories or workshops
annexed into the Reich
Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany
Częstochowa Ghetto