On August 22 the Museum in Bełżec hosted educators from France. They came to Poland as part of an educational program organized by the Parisian Mémorial de la Shoah.

During the visit, the French familiarised themselves with the history of the death camp in Bełżec and explored Józefów. Before the outbreak of the war, more than the half of the town’s inhabitants were Jewish. In total, about 1,700 Jews lived there. After the center of Józefów was burnt in September 1939, around 700 Jewish residents managed to reach the East together with the Red Army. Then in 1941, about 1,300 Jews from Warthegau were resettled to Józefów. Most Jews, who were staying in Józefów, were shot on July 13, 1942. On that day, German police from Hamburg murdered about 1,500 people. About 1500 people were shot by police officers from Hamburg on July 13, 1942. Some young Jews avoided execution. After the selection, Jews were taken to the concentration camp at Majdanek. Those who survived in different ways were deported in November 1942 to the death camp in Bełżec.