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Wave of Deportation from Hrubieszow, Ghetto, Poland to Sobibor, Extermination Camp, Poland on 21/10/1942

Transport
Departure Date 21/10/1942 Arrival Date 22/10/1942
Hrubieszow,Ghetto,Poland
Hrubieszow Train Station, Hrubieszow, Lublin, Poland
Freight Train
Sobibor,Extermination Camp,Poland

On September 14, 1939, Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year), the Wehrmacht occupied Hrubieszów, a Polish city bordering the Ukraine. Located 80 kilometers southeast of Lublin, the city was composed of Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, and some Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans).[1] It was the capital of Hrubieszów County.[2] Three days later, the Germans retreated, handing the town over to the Red Army, as they had agreed, according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

The city, at that time, had 14,880 inhabitants,[3] half of them Jews.[4] The Red Army occupied the city a little over two weeks before retreating on October 3[5] to the new border, just about 3 kilometers southeast of the city. A part of the Jewish population, particularly young Jewish men, left together with the Soviet troops to the east.[6] Survivor Josef Scher testified that "…the Russians were begging: 'Come with us because the Germans, when they return, they are going to kill all of you.'"[7]

The next day, the Germans reoccupied Hrubieszów,[8] and with the establishment of the General Government (GG) on October 26, 1939, it became the capital of the Kreishauptmannschaft Grubeschow county, within the Lublin District.[9]...

  • USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 35210 copy YVA O.93 / 35210
  • YVA TR.10 / 742
  • YVA TR.10 / 756
Overview
    No. of transports at the event : 2
    No. of deportees at departure : min: 3000, max: 4000
    Date of Departure : 21/10/1942
    Date of Arrival : 22/10/1942