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Departure Date 08/11/1941 Arrival Date 12/1941
The village of Wysokie is located about 42 kilometers southeast of the city of Lublin.[1] During World War II, it was one of seventeen villages which belonged to the municipality of Wysokie, in Zamość County, within the Lublin District of occupied Poland (the General Government).[2]
A census conducted by the Polish government in 1921 lists sixty-seven Jews who lived in Wysokie.[3]
The village was captured by the Germans in mid-September 1939. About two weeks later, following the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact (signed on August 23), the Red Army entered it. About two weeks later, with the departure of the Soviets, the village returned to German control.[4]...
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- USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 21465 copy YVA O.93 / 21465
- ZENTRALE STELLE, LUDWIGSBURG 08 AR-Z 80/1960, Bd. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIIX, X, XI, XII copy YVA TR.10 / 1352