The Shoah (1939–1945)
Liquidation of the Opole Lubelskie ghetto
mars 1942·Opole Lubelskie
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Small town on the Vistula that became a place of confinement for thousands of expelled persons, whose entire population departed in spring toward Bełżec and Sobibór.
Opole Lubelskie, a small town on the right bank of the Vistula, served as a place of internment for Jews expelled from Puławy and neighboring towns, then for convoys arriving from Vienna and the Protectorate. The population of the enclosed quarter tripled within a few months, with no corresponding increase in food or housing. In the spring, the liquidation operation began: residents were marched in columns to the Nałęczów station and from there toward Sobibór. Some of the men were held back for agricultural labor and construction work in the region, before being deported in turn. What remained of the Opole Lubelskie community disappeared in the autumn.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Pologne
Pinkas Hakehillot Polin ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.