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The boundaries of the ghetto at Podzamcze in Lublin
Jakub Chmielewski
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At the beginning of occupation historical Jewish district at Podzamcze became the place of concentration Jewish population from all over the city. At the turn of October/November 1939 Jews were thrown out from their flats by the German authorities. In May 1940 Jews were removed from the Wieniawa district. Thereby in historical Jewish quarter had to occupay more than 42 000 people. One of the biggest resettlement took place between March 10-12, 1941, when more than 10 000 Jews were relocated to provincional towns in the Lublin District. The action was a preparation to set up the ghetto, which was organised on 24 March 1941 by the governor of Lublin District Ernst Zörner. Meanwhile, officially in the ghetto were more than 34 000 people. The area of the ghetto coincided with historical Jewish district. The borders of the ghetto were marked by streets: Lubartowska, Kowalska, Krawiecka, Sienna, and a part of Kalinowszczyzna, Franciszkańska and Unicka. At the turn of 1941/1942 the ghetto wasn’t fenced. Until then Jews couldn’t freely leave the ghetto which resulted from the antisemitic law. Only during the preparations to liquidation the ghetto was divided into two parts: „A” and „B”. Most probably only the part „B” was separated by barbed wire, where privileged Jews could live. The border had been marked along the streets: Grodzka, Rybna, Kowalska and partly Krawiecka and Podwale. At the beginning of liquidation action only a small part of ghetto „A” was connected with ghetto „B”.
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Ernst Zörner, Lublin, Podzamcze, the Lublin ghetto, the HolocaustMost read articles by the same author(s)
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