שילוח מ - Metow, Lublin, Lublin, פולין ל - Piaski Luterskie, Lublin, Lublin, פולין ב- 21/10/1942

Mętów is a village in the gmina (municipality) of Zemborzyce, about 10 kilometers south of Lublin. In 1921, it was home to twenty-four Jews, and by 1939 the community had grown to approximately thirty, which was still less than 10% of the total population.^[1] The area was occupied by the Wehrmacht on September 18, 1939, and then again in October that year, after a brief interlude of Soviet control.^[2] Under Nazi occupation, the village was administratively assigned to the Lublin-Land County, and Emil Ziegenmeyer was appointed the Lublin County Governor.^[3]

The Jews of Mętów were farmers and artisans. Wolf Rauchwerg, who lived in the village with his wife, two children, and parents-in-law, would recall that the Judenrat in the town of Głusk, which was the seat of the Zemborzyce gmina, was also responsible for the village community.^[4] Rabbi Szafirsztejn acted as the head of the Jewish Council of Głusk, one of whose tasks was to provide groups of Jews for forced labor.^[5] In Mętów, as everywhere else in the Lublin District, any Jew between the ages of 14-60 had to work.^[6] In addition, the Germans demanded contributions, in money and agricultural produce, from the local community:

"Every now and again, they imposed contributions on our village, and each time they were higher. We paid – but, despite that, the Germans would make raids at nights, robbing, taking everything, and beating us. If someone did not have money or valuables, they tortured them in an inhumane way."^[7]...