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

In 1921, the gmina (municipality, or commune) of Wólka, just east of Lublin, had a total population of 8,436, forty-seven of whom were Jews. According to the 1921 population census, Jews lived in the villages of Łuszczów (five), Łysaków (three), Pliszczyn (twenty), and Sobianowice (nineteen – eleven in the manor, and eight in the village itself).^[1] In October 1939, following the German occupation, the municipality became part of the Lublin County (Lublin-Land) of the Lublin District, and Emil Ziegenmeyer was appointed the Lublin County Governor.^[2]

Groups of Jews were sent from Lublin to the villages of the gmina for forced labor. Thus, in 1940, twenty-five people were sent to Jakubowice Murowane on July 1; seventeen to Łuszczów on July 19; two to Pliszczyn on July 24, and two to Świdnik on August 5.^[3]

Although there is no prewar record of Jewish inhabitants in the villages of Jakubowice Murowane and Świdnik, witness testimonies indicate that, during the war, Jews lived there, as well. Natalia Stachura, a Polish resident of Świdnik, explained:...