Post by 𝝥𝝰𝘇𝗴𝝻𝝸 on Dec 29, 2022 0:52:46 GMT
Zwangarbeitlager für Juden Sobibor
There were 17 Zwanarbeitlager für Juden surround the village of Sobibor in Chelm country Poland during WWII.
The county covers an area of 1,779.64 square kilometres (687.1 sq mi).
Figure 1:Chelm County Poland
The Holocaust Historical Society has done some work on this with the quoted information.
In 1940, Jews mainly from the Lublin and Warsaw districts were sent to these work camps. They received an official salary of 96 zloty per month, but this amount was poor reward for the extremely hard work in often very difficult conditions. These forced labour camps were set up in the swampy surroundings of Sobibor. They were located at Adampol, Czerniejow, Dorohusk, Kamien, Krychow, Luta, Nowosiolki, Osowa, Ruda Opalin, Sawin, Siedliszcze, Sobibor village, Staw-Sajczyce, Tomaszowka, Ujazdow, Wlodawa, and Zmudz. link
These camps were located mainly in the green area of Figure 1 above.
These locations were located and marked on "Google Earth". These locations relative to one another can be viewed in Figure 2 below. Click for an enlargement.
Figure 2: Zwangarbeitslager für Juden Sobibor
Interestingly deutschland-ein-denkmal.de a source of Jewish Labour Camp information does not have any information on some of these camps.
The society goes on to say:
In some places the camps were located in school buildings, abandoned farms, or industrial buildings. Except for the camp at Krychow, the prisoners lived in barns on private farms or in a mill, in the case of Staw-Sajczyce. The camps were under the supervision of the German civil administration but the prisoners were guarded by Trawniki-manner or by the Jewish Police in Osowa. In the camp at Sawin, the Jewish prisoners were also supervised by Jewish Police and Polish Guardsmen, who worked for the Wasserwirtschaftsinspektion.
In 1941, alone, 2,500 out of 8,700 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto had to be released from the camps because of sickness. Many Jews died of starvation, typhus epidemics and the harsh working conditions.
With the beginning of Aktion Reinhardt all of these forced labour camps were reserved for Jews only. After their families had paid sums of money for their release, they were set free at the beginning of 1942.
In 1941, alone, 2,500 out of 8,700 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto had to be released from the camps because of sickness. Many Jews died of starvation, typhus epidemics and the harsh working conditions.
With the beginning of Aktion Reinhardt all of these forced labour camps were reserved for Jews only. After their families had paid sums of money for their release, they were set free at the beginning of 1942.
The Holocaust Society then mentions:
In the summer and autumn of 1943, most of these Labour Camps were liquidated and their inmates were sent to the Sobibor death camp.
However, deutschland-ein-denkmal.de mention that Tomaszowka had three Zwangarbeitslager für Juden who did work in the cloth shoe and brush factory; work in tailoring and carpentry; work for the aid station. The camp closed in late May 1943;
"The prisoners were "transferred" to the Blizyn forced labour camp for Jews". Blizyn is 188 km west of Tomaszowka
Below (Figure 3) is an image of Poland with Blizyn and its location relative to the Sobibor camps on the right.
Figure 3: Poland showing location of Sobibor camps and Blizyn
With reference to Figure 3 above a comparison of camp locations must be made in consideration of the movement of labour camps for Jews.
Figure 4: Zwangarbeitslager für Juden movement over three years
While it is true that the Sobibor camps were liquidated in 1943, to suggest as the Holocaust Historical Society has done that those Jews were sent to Sobibor camp to be murdered is not portrayed in Figure 4 above. In 1942, the image depicts many Jewish labour camps in Poland and relatively few in Germany. In 1943 there are fewer camps in Poland with more appearing in Germany. By 1944, there are very few camps in Poland, the Sobibor camps have disappeared while Germany is now rife with Jewish Labour camps. The evidence of movement of Jews from the 3 camps at Tomaszowka inland to Blizyn, inland fits perfectly with the 1943 map above.