שילוח מ - Dluzniow, Sokal, Lwow, פולין ל - Hrubieszow, Hrubieszow, Lublin, פולין ב- 09/1942

The village of Dłużniow is located some 155 kilometers southeast of Lublin. In 1921, it was home to nineteen Jews, out of a total population of 570.^[1]

About two weeks after the outbreak of World War II, the Wehrmacht occupied Dłużniow. After a brief interim period of Soviet control, the town was ceded to Nazi Germany, in accordance with the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (August 23, 1939).^[2] During the Nazi occupation, Dłużniow was administratively integrated into the Bełz municipality, which was part of Hrubieszów County, in the Lublin District of occupied Poland (the General Government).^[3]

At a certain point (the exact date is unknown), a Judenrat (Jewish council) was established in the Belz municipality, with Dr. Leon Taube as its head.^[4]...