Remember Jewish Wola Uhruska

Pronunciation: Vola You-rusk-uh

Wola Uhruska is a village in southeast Poland, with a population of around 4,100. The village lies approximately 27 km south of Wlodawa and 27 km north of Chelm. It is unclear what the pre-war Jewish population of Wola Uhruska was.

JEWISH COMMUNITIES NEAR WOLA UHRUSKA

Kosyn: It is unclear what the pre-war Jewish population of Kosyn was.

Piaski, Chelm County (not Piaski Luterskie near Lublin): In Piaski, a tiny village near Wola Uhruska, the pre-war population of Jews was around 35 total.

Uhrusk: In Uhrusk, a house of prayer belonging to Mendel Lederer was established in 1907. It was only open on Saturday and public holidays. In 1922, the attendance at this house of prayer was estimated at 10 people. Uhrusk had a pre-war Jewish population of around 100 Jews.

Wolczyny: In Wolczyny, a tiny village near Wlodawa, the Jewish community had a house of prayer which belonged to Szymon Majsterman, established in 1919. It was only open on Saturdays and public holidays. In 1922, the attendance at the Majsterman prayer house was ~10 individuals. The Jewish population was unclear.

Zbereże: Zbereże is a village north and east of Wola Uhruska. The Jewish population was 12 families and approximately 60 people before the war. There were two elderly seamstresses. There was a glazier as well as a fisherman. One witness remembers a family called Ginzberg. They were all taken to Sobibor Death Camp. There is some information about Jews murdered in Zbereze: Jan D., a resident of Zbereże (born in 1928), witnessed the capture of a group of escapees from the death camp in Sobibór in 1943: “There was a German watchtower. There were ditches and mounds of earth about half a meter high. The ditches were left as a barrier against the guerrillas so that they would not attack the Germans in their beds while they were sleeping. From the inside, there was an opening to the outside. There were wire fences all around and a gate. When Jews escaped from Sobibór, they walked along this forest between the lake and Sobibór. And here they came across this watchtower and the Germans caught them. I was grazing the cows, because our pasture was here, all the way to the railway track. They got to the watchtower and the Germans saw them. I heard shots.

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[Jews murdered at Zbereze near Wola Uhruska]
[List of Poor Jews in Wola Uhruska Who Received Flour 12-20-1940 - JDC]
[List of Poor Jews in Wola Uhruska Who Received American Gifts 12-20-1940 - JDC]
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