Zamosc | Lublin

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Execution of Jews in Zamosc

1 Killing site(s)

Investigated by Yahad:
2012
Memorials:
Yes
Period of occupation:
1939-1944
Witnesses interviewed:
8

Witness interview

Witnesses interviewed: 8. (N°131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138)
Ryszard G, 133P:
“Whole rows of families left the camp in wagons. If it was a big village, there were more or less wagons. It happened at night. They were allowed to take a package of varying size. They could stay two weeks in the camp, until being selected.”

Polish Archives

GK 163/19, p. 1339, 1348: “Several times, bodies were thrown in this mass grave. They were not buried. The bodies stayed that way for a few days or weeks and when the grave was full, the Gestapo brought other Jews to fill in the grave with rocks and soil.”

Nearby villages

  • Potoki
  • Borek/Wysokie
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