page_title: Siedlce Ghetto
section_title: Life in the Ghetto
hierarchical_section_title: Siedlce Ghetto / History / Life in the Ghetto
caption_attribution_description: Treść: Siedlecki hitlerowski starosta okupacyjny zarządza przesiedlenie Cyganów (Romów) zamieszkałych na terenie powiatu siedleckiego do dzielnicy żydowskiej (getta) w Siedlcach. Nakazuje również noszenie na rękawie opasek z literą “Z”. Grozi karami w przypadku niezastosowania się do zarządzenia. English: The Nazi occupation authority in Siedlce commands the resettlement of all Gypsies (Roma) living in the county of Siedlce into the local Jewish ghetto. It also commands the wearing of sleeve armbands with the letter "Z" for Zigeuner (Gypsy in German). Those who fail to comply are threatened with penalties. Komentarz: Rozlepiane w formie afisza zarządzenie okupacyjnego starosty siedleckiego jest przykładem realizacji polityki II Rzeszy wobec ludności romskiej. Nakazuje zamieszkującym powiat Romom siedlecki przesiedlenie w okresie trzech tygodni do siedleckiego getta. Getto w Siedlcach, podobnie jak w wielu innych miastach okupowanej Polski, było zamkniętą dzielnicą dla ludności żydowskiej. Mieszkańcy utworzonego w sierpniu 1941 r. getta w Siedlcach żyli stłoczeni w bardzo złych warunkach bytowych i sanitarnych, dziesiątkowani przez choroby i wywożeni do obozu zagłady w Treblince. Ich los podzielili Romowie z całego powiatu, zmuszeni przez władze hitlerowskie do osiedlenia się w gettcie. Siedleckie getto zostało ostatecznie zlikwidowane pod koniec listopada 1942 r., a wszyscy jego mieszkańcy wymordowani w zbiorowych egzekucjach na miejscu lub w obozie zagłady w Treblince. Jak wynika z prezentowanego zarządzenia ludność cygańska, podobnie jak żydowska musiała odróżniać się od reszty społeczeństwa okupowanej Polski i nosić opaski według formy ustalonej przez okupanta. Opis zewnętrzny: Oryginał, druk, jęz. niemiecki, jęz. polski, 1 karta papierowa o wymiarach 42x64 cm, kolor beżowy Miejsce przechowywania: Archiwum Państwowe w Siedlcach; Zbiór afiszów okupacyjnych powiatu siedleckiego; Sygn. 21. Autor komentarza: Grzegorz Welik Autor fotografii: Dariusz Dybciak
context_page_description: The Siedlce Ghetto, was a World War II Jewish ghetto set up by Nazi Germany in the city of Siedlce in occupied Poland, 92 kilometres east of Warsaw. The ghetto was closed from the outside in early October 1941. Some 12,000 Polish Jews were imprisoned there for the purpose of persecution and exploitation. Conditions were appalling; epidemics of typhus and scarlet fever raged. Beginning 22 August 1942 during the most deadly phase of the Holocaust in occupied Poland, around 10,000 Jews were rounded up – men, women and children – gathered at the Umschlagplatz, and deported to Treblinka extermination camp aboard Holocaust trains. Thousands of Jews were brought in from the ghettos in other cities and towns. In total, at least 17,000 Jews were annihilated in the process of ghetto liquidation. Hundreds of Jews were shot on the spot during the house-to-house searches, along with staff and patients of the Jewish hospital.
  Over 1,500 persons were temporarily spared death in order to continue supplying slave labour for the five camps set up locally. They were deported to Treblinka from the so-called "little ghetto" before the end of 1942.
context_section_description: Conditions in the ghetto were appalling, with grossly insufficient quantities of food. At one point, 15 people lived in single rooms without sanitation. Jews were not allowed to own fur products. People trying to cross the fence illegally were shot in the back by the dozen. A typhus epidemic broke out in the winter of 1941–42. There were five labour camps set up by the Germans in the vicinity of the ghetto.
  Camp I – Army Food Storehouse No. 6 (Armeeverpflegungslager, A.V.L.) at the Polish Army base, with the active labour force of 100 prisoners (1940–42). The total number of Jews who passed through the camp was around 5,000.
  Camp II – The Reckmann Construction (close to the fire station). Active labour force: 500 prisoners (1941–43). The total number of 15,000 Jews passed through the facility; decimated by epidemic of typhus and scarlet fever. Remaining prisoners were shot on site during camp liquidation.
  Camp III – Building Inspectorate No. 8 "Kiesgrube" (at the Łuków road). Active labour force: 300 prisoners (1941–43), housed in two barracks; with 250 grams of bread and 1 litre of soup per day. One prisoner is known to have survived.
  Camp IV – Wolfer and Göbel Road Construction (10 barracks, next to Brzeska Street). Active labour force: 2,000 prisoners (1941–42). Counting in the ill persons, released for threat of an epidemic, as well as Jewish men brought in from other settlements – not from the ghetto – some 20,000 Jews passed through the camp.
  Camp V – "Bauzug", at the railway station. Active labour force: 100 prisoners repairing railway tracks (1942–43).
  In early 1942 the Final Solution to the Jewish Question was set in motion by Nazi Germany during the Wannsee Conference; and the fate of ghettoised Jews across occupied Poland was sealed. The Treblinka extermination camp – built north of Siedlce exclusively for the implementation of Operation Reinhard – began gassing Jews in July 1942. The next month, on 22 August 1942 the Siedlce Ghetto liquidation action began in earnest, under SS-Obersturmführer Schultz. The Judenrat has been informed about mass "transfer to the east" personally by Gruppenführer Ludwig Fischer, the governor of Distrikt Warschau. People unable to move and attempting to hide were shot in their homes by the roaming squads of Trawniki men aided by the Orpo battalion who arrived in Siedlce from Łosice for that express purpose.
caption: Public announcement by the Nazi occupation authority commanding the resettlement of all Roma people from the county of Siedlce into the Jewish ghetto, with the letter "Z" for Zigeuner (Gypsy in German) on their armbands.
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