Izbica, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

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Izbica, in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship, is a small town historically known for its significant Jewish community and its tragic role during the Holocaust.

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instanceOf town
administrativeStatus seat of Gmina Izbica
continent Europe
country Poland
county Krasnystaw County NERFINISHED
distanceFrom approximately 13 km south of Krasnystaw
approximately 59 km south-east of Lublin
gmina Gmina Izbica NERFINISHED
governedBy Gmina Izbica authorities NERFINISHED
hasAreaCode +48 82
hasClimate temperate continental climate
hasEconomy local services and small-scale trade
hasFeature Catholic church
Jewish cemetery remnants
hasHistoricalSignificance center of Jewish life before World War II
site of Holocaust-related deportations and killings
hasLanguage Polish (official language)
hasMemorial Holocaust memorials commemorating murdered Jews
hasPopulationCharacteristic small-town population size
hasPostalCode 22-375
hasTypeOfSettlement urban settlement
historicalEvent establishment of a Jewish ghetto during Nazi occupation
mass deportations of Jews in 1942–1943
historicalLanguagesSpoken Hebrew
Polish
Yiddish
historicalRegion Lublin region NERFINISHED
JewsDeportedTo Bełżec extermination camp NERFINISHED
Sobibór extermination camp NERFINISHED
knownFor large prewar Jewish population
role as a transit ghetto during the Holocaust
locatedInRegion eastern Poland NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Wieprz River valley (regional vicinity)
locatedOn Krasnystaw–Zamość road NERFINISHED
memorializedIn Holocaust research and literature on Lublin district ghettos
partOf European Union (through Poland) NERFINISHED
General Government during German occupation in World War II
prewarDemographics majority Jewish population before World War II
religiousHeritage Jewish religious and cultural institutions before the Holocaust
Roman Catholic parish
usedAs transit ghetto for Jews during the Holocaust
vehicleRegistrationCode LKS
victimsCommemorated Jewish victims of the Holocaust
voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship NERFINISHED
warTimeAdministration administered by German occupation authorities during World War II

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Thomas Blatt placeOfBirth Izbica, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland