Lipowa 7 camp
The Lipowa 7 camp (
Operation
Initially it was set up as a camp for various kinds of
In 1944 the camp was reactivated as a forced work place and became the branch of Majdanek. With the advance of the Soviet Army the inmates were evacuated to various locations, and the camp ceased to exist in July 1944.[1]
Aftermath
After the war the premises were used by the Polish Army until 1960s and subsequently by various businesses. By early 1990s all buildings were destroyed or demolished. In 2007 a shopping mall was constructed on the site. In 2008 a memorial plaque was installed on its wall.[1] It says:
“On this site in the years 1939-1943 was situated a German SS Labour-Camp for Jewish craftsmen brought from different ghettos as well as several thousand prisoners of war – Jewish soldiers serving in the Polish Army. A few hundred prisoners perished in the camp. On 3 November 1943 prisoners from the camp were murdered by the Germans in a mass-execution at the concentration camp in Majdanek. From January to July 1944 a branch of the Majdanek concentration camp was located here and some 700 prisoners of various nationalities from all over Europe were incarcerated in the camp for forced labour.”
See also
References
- ^ a b c Jakub Chmielewski,"Work Camp for Jews at 7 Lipowa Street in Lublin" (Polish-language original: "Obóz pracy dla Żydów przy ulicy Lipowej 7 w Lublinie")
- ^ "Lipowa Street Camp" at deathcamps.org, citing:
- Pinkas Hakehillot. "Lublin" - Encyclopedia Of Jewish Communities in Poland, Vol.7. Yad Vashem
- Israel Gutman. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
- ^ (in Polish) Wioletta Rezler-Wasielewska, Marta Grudzińska, "Lublin, Lipowa 7. Obóz dla Żydów-polskich jeńców wojennych (1940-1943)" ["Lublin, Lipowa 7. Camp for Jews – Polish Prisoners of War (1940-1943)"], Kwartalnik Historii Żydów, 2008, issue 228(4), pp. 490-514 (abstract in English)
Further reading
- Mark Lewis, Jacob Frank, Himmler's Jewish Tailor: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Jacob Frank, 2000, ISBN 0815606060
- Recollections of a supervisor of a 450-person tailor shop at Lipowa; includes background information about Lipowa camp
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