שילוח מ - Krzesimow, Lublin, Lublin, פולין ל - Piaski Luterskie, גטו, פולין ב- 20/10/1942

In 1921, the village of Krzesimów, 18 kilometers east of Lublin, had a population of 850, thirty of whom were Jews. Fourteen of them lived in the manor (Pol.: folwark), which was owned by a Pole named Derecki, while the other sixteen resided in the village itself.^[1]

According to Yad Vashem's Hall of Names, Berl Mabe, a tailor, lived in the village before the war.^[2] Josef-David Rabinowicz and Lejb Zajdman were registered in Krzesimów before the war.^[3] Stanisław Lipniacki, a local Polish resident, recalled that only one Jewish family lived in the village during the war.^[4]

Both before and during World War II, Krzesimów belonged to the gmina (municipality, commune) of Mełgiew. Under Nazi occupation, this area became part of the Lublin County (Kreis Lublin-Land) of the Lublin District. In April 1941, as part of "voluntary resettlement," Nechemia Chaim Zajdman was sent from Lublin to do agricultural work in Krzesimów. There are also records of the registration of Frymeta Kagan and of Josef, Cypa, and Hersz Goldsztajn in the village on April 29, 1941.^[5] According to the findings of the District Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes, Schultz (first name unknown), a gendarme stationed in Piaski, came to the village on numerous occasions, during which he murdered a young Jewish woman and three Jewish men (names unknown).^[6] In addition to Piaski, there were Gendarmerie posts in Lublin and Lubartów, as well. The nearest Blue Police station was in Mełgiew, 4.5 kilometers from Krzesimów.^[7]...