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Transport from Strzyzow, Hrubieszow, Lublin, Poland to Uchanie, Hrubieszow, Lublin, Poland on 01/06/1942

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Departure Date 01/06/1942 Arrival Date 01/06/1942

Strzyżów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Horodło, in Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It lies about 7 kilometers south of Horodło, and some 30 kilometers southeast of Uchanie.

In 1921, there were sixty-eight Jews in Strzyżów, out of a total population of 923.[1]

The Germans entered the area on September 26, 1939, and, after a brief interlude of Soviet control, they reoccupied it in October 1939.[2]They assaulted the Jews, used them for forced labor, and robbed their property....

  • USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 13068 copy YVA O.93 / 13068
  • USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 13070 copy YVA O.93 / 13070
Sara Mostysser testifies about her deportation to Uchanie in June, 1942.