Published : 2012-12-31

Lubycza Królewska: the Holocaust and the attempts to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the town

Mariusz Koper



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This paper presents the tragic fate of the Jewish community of Lubycza Królewska during World War II. It also discusses issues relating to memorialization of those representatives of the Jewish community who lost their lives in the Nazi concentration camp in Bełżec. Efforts to memorialize the Lubycza’s Jews met with considera-ble opposition of some representatives of the local authorities and other members of the commune. They successfully blocked the project to erect a memorial monument for the Jewish victims of the camp. In this way, the idea of ecumenism and multiculturalism (between the Poles, Ukrainians and Jews) was strongly undermined. The celebrations that were planned for 4 October 2012 to commemorate the 70. anniversary of the pacification of the towns of Lubycza Królewska and Kniazie have been cancelled.

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World War II, Lubycza Królewska, Lublin Province, Zamojszczyzna, Bełżec, extermination, concentration camp



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Koper , M. (2012). Lubycza Królewska: the Holocaust and the attempts to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the town. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 2(2), 209–224. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.791

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