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The Life and the Holocaust in Hrubieszów in the Eyes of a Young Woman from Warsaw
Dariusz Libionka
libion@wp.pl Biohistorian, lecturer at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, head of the research department of the State Museum at Majdanek. Member of the Polish Centre for Holocaust Research of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Recent publications: ZWZ-AK i Delegatura Rządu RP wobec eksterminacji Żydów Polskich, in: Polacy i Żydzi pod okupacją niemiecką 1939–1945, ed., A. Żbikowski, Warsaw 2006, p. 15–207.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0180-6463
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Adam Kopciowski
adam.kopciowski@umcs.pl Biohistorian, Ph.D., works in the Department of Culture and History of the Jews, Institute of Cultural Studies Marie Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. His research interests focus on the modern history of Polish Jews, mainly connected with Yiddish sources - press and Yizkor Bucher
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-5677
Institute of Clutural Studies, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 3 (2007), pages: 229-240
Publication date: 2007-12-01
Abstract
This text deals with the situation of the Jewish population of Hrubieszów between autumn 1941 and the first deportation action in June 1942. The author of the testimony is a woman by the name Dychterman, who came to Hrubieszów from the Warsaw ghetto. During the “action” she managed to leave for Warsaw. This testimony was written two weeks later, i.e. in late June 1942 by staff members of Ringelblum’s Archive. It stands out among other testimonies from Hrubieszów in the Warsaw Ghetto Archives, as it is full of details and complex description. It also contains an interesting description of the Jewish community in the town, the living conditions and its everyday life. It also contains data of the Judenrat members as well as observations on the Christian-Jewish relations (i.e. between Jews and Poles or Ukrainians). The second part of the testimony describes the first liquidation action in Hrubieszów, the extermination action and the reactions of the Judenrat and that of the population towards the resettlement. The fate of the author remains unknown. Most likely she died during the “Great Action” in the Warsaw ghetto. This account has been used by historians, but never previously published.
Keywords
Hrubieszów, Holocaust, Aktion Reinhardt, Ringelblum’s Archive, everyday life of Jews under the German occupation
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