שילוח מ - Izbica, Krasnystaw, Lublin, פולין ל - Majdanek, מחנה, פולין ב- 07/05/1942

The town of Izbica nad Wieprzem (Izbica on the river Wieprz), some 58 kilometers southeast of Lublin, was home to 4,700 Jews on the eve of World War II.^[1] According to the 1921 census, Jews made up about 90% of the total population of Izbica.^[2]

The Wehrmacht occupied the town in October 1939, after a brief interlude of Soviet rule. Under German administration, Izbica was assigned to the Krasnystaw County of the Lublin District of the General Government (Generalgouvernement) – Nazi-occupied central Poland, which had not been annexed to the Reich.

In November 1939, Johann (Jan) Schulz, a Volksdeutsche (ethnic German), was appointed head of the civil administration of Izbica. A Judenrat (Jewish Council) and a Jewish police force were established there in early 1940.^[3] In 1941, a Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (KdS, Commander of the Security Police and SD) office for the Krasnystaw County was set up in Izbica under the command of Kurt Engels and his deputy, Ludwig Klemm (formerly Ludwik Klim).^[4]...