שילוח מ - Turka, Lublin, Lublin, פולין ל - Jakubowice Murowane, Lublin, Lublin, פולין ב- 21/10/1942

The village (Pol.: wieś), hamlet (Pol.: kolonia), and manor of Turka, just east of Lublin (about 9 kilometers from the city center), were administratively assigned to the gmina (municipality or commune) of Wólka. According to the 1921 census, there were a total of 490 Poles living in the village; at the local manor, which belonged to the Bieliński family, and in the hamlet of Turka.^[1] No Jews were recorded as living in Turka at this time.

In October 1939, following the German occupation of the area, Turka became part of the Lublin County (Lublin-Land) of the Lublin District, and Emil Ziegenmeyer was appointed the Lublin County Governor.^[2] The nearest Gendarmerie station was in Lublin, and there were two additional Gendarmerie posts in the county – one in Piaski, and the other in Lubartow.^[3] There was also a Blue Police station in the village of Wólka; it was staffed by three policemen (names unknown) and commanded by Chrzanowski (first name unknown).^[4]

In 1940, under German administration, the Turka manor – together with the manors in the nearby villages of Jakubowice Murowane, Rudnik, and Trześniów – was taken over by the Lublin Municipal (Wólka) Real Estate Administration (Liegenschaftsverwaltung Lublin Gemeinde Wólka).^[5] Eryk Hing, a native of Silesia who was fluent in both German and Polish, was appointed administrator of these manors.^[6]...