Żmudź, Lublin Voivodeship

Żmudź
Village
Żmudź
Coordinates: 51°1′N 23°40′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Chełm
Gmina	Żmudź
Population
• Total	663
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LCH

Żmudź [ʐmut͡ɕ] is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żmudź. It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Chełm and 81 km (50 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. The occupiers established a forced labour camp for Jews and a subcamp of the Stalag 319 prisoner-of-war camp in 1940 and 1941, respectively.[2][3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Zmudz". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
3. Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.