שילוח מ - Siennica Rozana, Krasnystaw, Lublin, פולין ל - Izbica, Krasnystaw, Lublin, פולין ב- 08/1942

The village of Siennica Różana was the administrative seat of the Siennica Różana municipality in the Krasnystaw County, eastern Poland. According to the 1921 Polish census, the villages that would constitute the Siennica Różana municipality during World War II were home to 157 Jews.^[1] Following the outbreak of the war in September 1939, the Siennica Różana municipality fell under Nazi occupation, until its liberation by the Soviet Army in 1944. Under the Nazis, the municipality was part of the Krasnystaw County (Kreis in German) of the General Government (the part of occupied Poland that was not officially annexed to the German Reich).

As the Nazi occupation set in, refugees and deportees from other parts of Poland began to arrive in the Krasnystaw County. According to the report of the Jewish Social Self-help (JSS) organization from October 15, 1940, the Jewish population of the Siennica Różana municipality had risen to 220.^[2] Beginning on April 18, 1941, more Jews arrived there from Izbica, Lublin, Krasnystaw, and Warsaw. The number of Jews in the municipality had increased to 435 by June 1941, and most probably continued to grow.^[3] The Jews were distributed among all the fifteen villages of the municipality, and the membership of the local Jewish Council was drawn from several of the villages.^[4] The first step toward the isolation and deportation of the local Jews was taken already in late December or early January 1942, when some of the Jews were driven out of their homes.^[5] By a special circular issued in January 1942, Jews were banned from buying necessities at local stores. Notices indicating that Jews were not allowed in were posted on the stores.^[6]

Czesław D., a resident of the village of Siennica Różana who worked as a fireman during the war, testified that, sometime after the invasion of the Soviet Union (i.e., June 22, 1941) by Nazi Germany, three German policemen had arrived in the village and set up a permanent police station in the manor house of the nobleman Jerzy Koszarski.^[7] The commander was known as the "Wachtmeister," while the second policeman, who spoke German and knew Polish quite well, was identified as Hans Sosner, also known as "Sosna." Several Polish Blue policemen and five Ukrainian policemen were employed at the station.^[8] Functionaries of this police station took an active part in the deportation of the Jews....