שילוח מ - Kamionka, Lubartow, Lublin, פולין ל - Lubartow, Lubartow, Lublin, פולין ב- 08/10/1942

Kamionka is a small town located approximately 26 kilometers north of the regional capital, Lublin, and about 10 kilometers west of Lubartów. An independent Jewish community was established there either in the late 18th century or the first half of the 19th century. According to the 1921 Polish census, the town had a population of 2,257, including 556 Jews (twenty-four percent of the total).^[1] Most local Jewish families were traditionally observant. Many of the town's Jews worked as tailors, since linen production was the main local industry. The town was the capital of the Kamionka gmina (municipality), which comprised some ten villages in 1921: Kozłówka, Dabrówka, Nowy Dwór, Siedliska, Skrobów, Ciemno, Kierzkówka, and others.^[2]

By 1939, Kamionka was home to 434 Jews.^[3] Following the Nazi invasion of Poland on September 1 that year, thousands of refugees from Warsaw passed through Kamionka on their way east. During this time, the town was subjected to continuous aerial bombardment.

Kamionka was occupied by the Wehrmacht by the end of September 1939. Under German authority, it was assigned to the Lublin County [Kreis Lublin-Land] of the Lublin District, which was headed from October 4, 1939 by Kreishauptmann [County Governor] Emil Ziegenmeyer. A Judenrat (Jewish Council), with M. Rajs as its head, was established in the town, along with a Jewish police force. The name of the German administrator of the town could not be identified. The Germans used the town as a gathering place for Jewish deportees from other parts of the Lublin District, as well as from certain cities, such as Mława and Trnava.^[4] In December 1940, some 100 Jews arrived in Kamionka. In March 1941, 634 Jews were deported from Lubartów to Parczew and other localities, while part of 147 were brought to Kamionka. By early 1942, an official ghetto had been established in the town. In April and May that year, an additional 250 Jews were deported from Lubartów and resettled in Ostrów, Firlej, and Kamionka.^[5]...