Remember Jewish Kamionka
KAMIONKA JEWISH COMMUNITY
Kamionka, located near Puławy in the Lublin region of Poland, had a notable Jewish community that was largely destroyed during the Holocaust. Jews lived in Kamionka since at least 1598.
A dye house, brickyard, windmill, and two oil mills existed in the village. The local Jewish population was engaged in trade, crafts, agriculture and weaving. Jews lived mainly near the market square. A Jewish cemetery was established in the 1860s and a synagogue had probably been established prior to that.
By the 1920s, Kamionka had a synagogue, a beit ha-midrash, a ritual slaughterhouse, a mikveh, and a funeral fraternity (Chevra Kadisha). By 1927, the Jewish community also had a library in town. A Hebrew school also existed in town.
NEARBY JEWISH COMMUNITIES
Jews also lived in nearby villages such as Firlej (167-250 Jews), Garbow (125 Jews), Kurow (2,000 Jews), Michow (2,000 Jews), Markuszow (2,000 Jews), Staroscin (10 Jews) and Zagrody (14 Jews).
KAMIONKA DURING THE HOLOCAUST
556 Jews lived in Kamionka before the Holocaust.
The ghetto in Kamionka included nearly 700 Jews from nearby Jewish communities. The Judenrat Chairman was Mendel Rajs.
In the summer of 1942, the Nazis resettled those from the Kamionka Ghetto to the Lubartow Ghetto. They were then either shot at the Lubartow Jewish cemetery or dispatched to the death camps at Sobibor or Belzec.
The Jewish community ceased to exist.
WHAT REMAINS
556 Jews lived in Kamionka in 1939. Of those, 2 survived the duration of the war.
The Jewish cemetery at Nowa St. was established in the 1860s and is found on the road leading to Skrobow-Kolonia. It was destroyed during the Holocaust. A few tombstones do exist.
The synagogue was located at 1 Lubartowska St. It was wooden and built around 1800. Around 1855, a new brick synagogue was constructed. It was destroyed during the Holocaust.
Zachor - We Remember.
CONTACTS
U.S.: LublinJewish@gmail.com
Freiheit youth group, Kamionka, pre-war.
The Blechman/Blaichman
family from Kamionka.