Zagłada żydów w Zamościu
Description:... Describes the fate of the Jews of Zamość in the years 1939-43. Before the outbreak of the war there were 12,500 Jews in the town, ca. 43% of the population. With the Nazi occupation in September 1939, a few thousand young Jews fled to the East. At the same time, Jews from other towns were brought into Zamość. The Judenrat was founded in October 1939. Discusses the controversial figure of its head, Mieczysław Gurfinkiel. The ghetto was founded in May 1941. In April 1942, ca. 2,800 Jews from Germany and Czechoslovakia were brought to Zamość. Deals with persecutions and looting, and labor camps in the town and in the region. Between April-November 1942, all the Jews of Zamość were deported to Bełżec and Sobibór, where thay were immediately killed. Presents, also, cases of help given to Jews and of denunciation after the deportations. The last 16 pp. contain photographs and facsimiles of documents from the Holocaust period.
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