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Julagi. Zapomniane obozy pracy dla Żydów na terenie Krakowa (1942–1943)
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, Nr 11 (2018), strony: 105–120
Data publikacji: 2023-04-05
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Labour camps for the Jewish population, so-called julags, within occupied Krakow, were located within today’s city districts called: Płaszów, Prokocim and Bieżanów, and were named: Julag I Plaszow, Julag II Prokocim and Julag III Pirschamo (Bieżanów). They were established in Krakow in connection with operation of the German companies intended to carry out large investments in the scope of railway and road works. Initially, the julags operated as independent camps subordinate to the SS and Police commander for the Kraków District. In the second half of 1943, they were joined to Zwangsarbeitslager (ZAL) Plaszow as branches of the main camp. This state of affairs lasted until the liquidation thereof in November 1943. The prisoners were Jews from Krakow, Krakow and Miechówpowiats (counties), and displaced persons from further areas. The camps are presented in the article as an element of the whole mechanism of extermination – through hard physical labour – of the Jewish people. The materials on which the article is based mainly come from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance. These are primarily the accounts of former prisoners who lived through the end of the war. The collections of the National Archives in Krakow and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw proved helpful as well.
