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J. GRAF, T. KUES, C. MATTOGNO, SOBIBÓR 303
On 19 May the county chief of Lublin reported to the department of
population matters and welfare: 918
“Concerning the inquiry circular of the 12th of this month, I recommend,
when opportunity arises, that the following Jews be deported,
whose evacuation is required first:
Lubartow 2,737
Ostrow-Stadt 3,062
Piaski 6,166
Belzyce 3,639
Bychawa 2,733
Chodel 1,398
19,735.”
The county chief of Hrubieszów noted in a memo on 22 May: 919
“The number and place of residence of those Jews whose
evacuation appears to be necessary first, is as follows:
1) in Hrubieszów 5,690 Jews
2) '' Uchanie 2,025 Jews
3) '' Grabowiec 2,026 Jews
4) '' Dubienka 2,907 Jews
5) '' Belz 1,540 Jews.”
There is no doubt at all that these transfers were serving the purpose
of creating room for the western Jews deported into the Lublin district.
The latter would then also be evacuated later on, again in stages. A report
of 5 October 1942 by the county chief in Lublin to the Governor of
the Lublin district sets out the following information regarding this: 920
“Subject: Dispositions of 15 August 1942 and 28 September 1942
With regard to the above dispositions I am reporting that 8,009
Jews from the Reich have been resettled into my district since the 1 st
of January 1942. 3,692 of these have already been resettled again.
Expenditures or cash outlays have not been incurred due to these
evacuations; the Piaski community merely put 400 vehicles at their
disposal without cost for the transportation of the sick, children, and
baggage.”
According to this report, the 8,009 Jews mentioned were housed in
the following communities:
918
Józef Kermisz (ed.), op. cit. (note 723), p. 53.
919
Ibid., p. 55.
920
Jüdisches Historisches Institut Warschau (ed.), op. cit. (note 116), p. 336.