Żmudź, Lublin Voivodeship
Żmudź [ʐmut͡ɕ] is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żmudź. It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Chełm and 81 km (50 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.
History
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. The occupiers established a forced labour camp for Jews and a subcamp of the Stalag 319 prisoner-of-war camp in 1940 and 1941, respectively.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Zmudz". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
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