Published : 2014-12-31

„Short Life on the East”. Jews from the Territory of Third Reich Deported to Lublin District

Robert Kuwałek



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In the years 1940-1942 from the territory of Third Reich (today Germany and Austria) Nazis deported about almost 30 000 Jews. Big part of them were located in so called transit ghettos, mainly in Izbica, Piaski, Opole Lubelskie and Zamość where they were forced to stay since few weeks until few months. Since May 1942 the transports from Third Reich were sent directly to the death camp in Sobibór and some group of young and strong men were selected for work in Majdanek concentration camp or labour camps in Lublin district. All of them met themselves with big brutality of the German occupation in Eastern part of Poland, primitive life condition and hunger. All of them survived culture shock in the contacts with Polish Jews and non-Jewish milieu which created the big culture and religious conflicts. The situation of German and Austrian Jews deported to Lublin district was much more difficult than Czech or Slovak Jews who had more contacts with local Jewish and Polish population. This lack of big chance to survive was the reason that from the group of German Jews survived in Lublin district only 20 people. This article is a description of last moment of their tragical life and based mainly on the testimonies given by Polish Jews and Poles who were the witnesses of the fate of German and Austrian Jews. Some information is taken also from post-war German investigations against perpetrators.

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Third Reich, German Jews, Austrian Jews, deportation, Holocaust, Majdanek, Opole Lubelskie, Zamość, Izbica, Piaski, Nazism, Sobibór, ghetto



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Kuwałek , R. (2014). „Short Life on the East”. Jews from the Territory of Third Reich Deported to Lublin District. Jewish Studies. Almanac, 4(4), 31–51. https://doi.org/10.56583/sz.528

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