Lublin Ghetto

Lublin Ghetto
Two German soldiers in the Lublin Ghetto, May 1941
Also known asGerman: Ghetto Lublin or Lublin Reservat
LocationLublin, German-occupied Poland
Incident typeImprisonment, forced labor, starvation, exile
OrganizationsSS
Campdeportations to Belzec extermination camp and Majdanek
Victims34,000 Polish Jews

The Lublin Ghetto was a World War II ghetto created by Nazi Germany in the city of Lublin on the territory of General Government in occupied Poland. The ghetto inmates were mostly Polish Jews, although a number of Roma were also brought in. Set up in March 1941, the Lublin ghetto was one of the first Nazi-era ghettos slated for liquidation during the deadliest phase of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Between mid-March and mid-April 1942 over 30,000 Jews were delivered to their deaths in cattle trucks at the Bełżec extermination camp and additional 4,000 at Majdanek.