Poniatowa Sub-Camps
In conjunction with the Poniatowa Concentration Camp, a series of ghettos and labor camps were established by the S.S. These included:
- Chodel Labor Camp
- Janiszow Labor Camp
- Karczmiska Labor Camp
- Laziska Labor Camp
- Marysin Labor Camp
- Naleczow Labor Camp
- Piotrawin Labor Camp
- Ratoszyn Labor Camp
- Rozalin Labor Camp
- Wilkow Labor Camp
- Wymyslow Labor Camp
Below is some information that is known about the Poniatowa sub-camps:
Chodel Labor Camp: Chodel lies 39 kilometers (24 miles) by road southwest of Lublin. In August 1939, 776 Jews were residing there. Chodel had filled with Jewish refugees, including deportees from Łódź, expellees from Puławy, and refugees from Warsaw. In the spring of 1940, 102 Chodel Jews were interned at local labor camps established for agricultural and carpentry work. On May 1, 1941, 1,738 Jews — including 947 Jews deported to Chodel — were residing in the town. Among the refugees were at least deportees from the city of Lublin. On June 23, 1942, the JSS reported 450 (of 1,300) men and women had been employed from March as agricultural laborers at several nearby estates, including in Ratoszyn and in a number of villages. Some 100 young men were transferred to the Opole Lubelsie Ghetto and sent from there to the Poniatowa Concentration Camp. On June 28, 1942, deportees from Saxony (mainly Leipzig) and Thuringi in Germany arrived in Chodel from the nearby Belzyce Ghetto. In September or October of 1942, the Jews of the Chodel Ghetto were dispatched to the Belzyce Ghetto. From there, they were transported to the railway station in Niedrzwica Duża and forced onto trains destined for either the Sobibór or Bełżec extermination centers.
Janiszow Labor Camp: see Janiszow Labor Camp.
Karczmiska Labor Camp: Karczmiska is located north of Opole Lubelskie and south of Kazimierz Dolny. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
Laziska Labor Camp: Laziska is located west of Opole Lubelskie. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
Marysin Labor Camp: Marysin is located east and a little south of Opole Lubelskie as well as north of Urzedow. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
Naleczow Labor Camp: Naleczow is directly west of the city of Lublin and is north of the city of Belzyce. The labor camp in Naleczow was located in barracks near the train station. Naleczow labor camp was a transit location where Jews from Poland, Slovakia, Austria and elsewhere were sent. The camp had around 400 workers at a time and the workers were forced to sort and handle cargo and property. Jews were dispatched in groups to Belzec or Sobibor death camps from Naleczow. Those who were used for slave labor at the camp — the 100 Jewish prisoners who remained in the camp -- were executed near the Naleczow railway station on November 3 or 4, 1943 (in the Aktion Erntefest).
Piotrawin Labor Camp: Prisoners at Piotrawin worked on works related to the nearby river. Piotrawin is located on the Vistula River, south-west of Opole Lubelskie. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
Ratoszyn Labor Camp: 450 Jewish slave laborers, most of whom were from the Chodel Ghetto, were involved in agricultural works at an estate in Ratoszyn. The town of Ratoszyn is located 5 minutes south and east of Chodel and directly north of Urzedow. None of the workers are known to have survived the duration of the war.
Rozalin Labor Camp: Prisoners at Rozalin worked on works related to land and forestry. Rozalin is located north of Opole Lubelskie and directly west of Poniatowa. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
Wilkow Labor Camp: Wilków is located near the Vistula River and south and west of Kazimierz Dolny. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
Wymyslow Labor Camp: Wymyslow is located south-west of Neleczow village and south-east of Kazimierz Dolny. It is north of Chodel. Not much information is available about the forced labor at this location and none of the victims survived the duration of the war. No trace of the camp has remained.
