Transition camps Lublin

Lublin transition camps - two German temporary camps operating in 1940-1944 in Lublin, Krochmalna 6 and 31.

The task of the transition camps in Lublin was to prepare transports of the labor force sent to slave labor in the Third Reich. Over 60,000 people have been killed during the Second World War. As the quotas imposed by the German authorities on the supply of labor from particular administrative units (counties, municipalities, villages and towns) did not produce results, frequent street sweepings were organized. Also displaced from the pacified areas of the Zamość region, from the Biłgoraj region, Kraśnik, eastern refugees, prisoners of war, Jews, Soviets and Ukrainians were also brought to the camps. The daily attendance of the camps was 2500 people. They were men, women and children of all ages. These data are based on documents from the Lublin Archives, a branch of the special collections of the Voivodeship Public Library. H. Lopaciński in Lublin, archives of the Museum at Majdanek, in the archives of the Institute of National Remembrance in Lublin. Camps on Krochmalna Street 31 and 6 were described by prisoners and witnesses from their families. German archival documents were addressed in the German name: Industriestrasse 6 and 31. They mainly concern administrative matters of the camps connected with the reception of the so- "newly recruited" to camps, employed there and - released from camps. Germans were unfit for work (mainly sick). Fearing epidemics, they even set up an outpatient clinic in the Krochmalna 31 camp. Under the German supervision of the Arbeitsamt (Labor Office) in Lublin, transports of healthy and strong people were sent to the Third Reich for forced labor in favor of the German economy. The Guardian Council provided assistance to the camp prisoners from Krochmalna Street 31 and 6 (Anna Kawecka-Rybakov, Halina Bukowiecka, Janina Suchodolska and many others). Archival documents include camp reports, requests for help, food, shoes, clothing, due to travel to Germany. They are evidence of the purpose of maintaining these camps. Deportes to Germany were forbidden under the threat of imprisonment. Thus, in the years 1939-1944 84,000 people were deported to the area from the Lubelszczyzna region. Between August and September 1943, 4454 children aged 2 to 14 were taken from the camps in Zamość, Zwierzyniec and Lublin. Responsible for the camps were Zdzisław Musielski and Kazimierz Kustroń dependent on the Nazis Ramm and Ernst. They were sentenced after the war to the death penalty for crimes against the Polish Nation and for crimes against humanity. Not commemorating these places with a plaque commemorating the prisoners of transition camps. On 21st of April 2008, an exhibition on this topic took place.

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