
Głusk, located on the outskirts of Lublin, was occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 18, 1939. At that time, the town was home to 530 Jews.[1] Under the German occupation, it was administratively assigned to the Zemborzyce gmina (municipality), in the Lublin County of the Lublin District.
Emil Ziegenmeyer was appointed the Lublin County governor.[2] From October 26, 1939, the movement of Jews in the area was restricted to the place in which they were registered, and every Jew between the ages of 14-60 had to work.[3] From December 1 that year, all Jews were required to wear an armband.[4] No ghetto was established in Głusk, and the families lived in their homes until October 1942.[5] Rabbi Szafirsztejn acted as the head of the Jewish Council of Głusk, one of whose tasks was providing groups of Jews for forced labor.[6]
In the summer of 1941, the Germans deported a group of 22-30 young Jewish men from Głusk to the Flugplatz camp, located in the area of the former airport of the Plage and Laśkiewicz firm.[7]...