Back Lager Poniatowa German Camp de concentration de Poniatowa French פוניאטובה HE Campo di concentramento di Poniatowa Italian Kamp Poniatowa Dutch Poniatowa toplama kampı Turkish Понятова (концентраційний табір) Ukrainian
| Poniatowa concentration camp | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
  Former location in present-day Poland | |
| Coordinates | 51°06′19″N 22°02′27″E / 51.1054°N 22.0407°E |
| Other names | Stalag 359 Poniatowa |
| Location | Poniatowa, Poland |
| Operational | 1941-1943 |
| Notable inmates | Israel Shahak |
Poniatowa concentration camp in the town of Poniatowa in occupied Poland, 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of Lublin, was established by the SS in the latter half of 1941, initially to hold Soviet prisoners of war following Operation Barbarossa. By mid-1942, about 20,000 Soviet POWs had perished there from hunger, disease and executions. The camp was known at that time as the Stalag 359 Poniatowa. Afterwards, the Stammlager was redesigned and expanded as a concentration camp to provide slave labour supporting the German war effort, with workshops run by the SS Ostindustrie (Osti) on the grounds of the prewar Polish telecommunications equipment factory founded in the late 1930s.[1] Poniatowa became part of the Majdanek concentration camp system of subcamps in the early autumn of 1943.[2] The wholesale massacre of its mostly Jewish workforce took place during the Aktion Erntefest, thus concluding the Operation Reinhard in General Government.[3][4]
- ^ Michał Kaźmierczak, Poniatowa unofficial site in Polish. Retrieved 21 February 2022. Location of Poniatowa factory: 51°10′23″N 22°04′10″E / 51.173172°N 22.069564°E
- ^ "Forced labor-camps in District Lublin: Budzyn, Trawniki, Poniatowa, Krasnik, Pulawy, Airstrip and Lipowa camps". Holocaust Encyclopedia: Lublin/Majdanek Concentration Camp. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Jennifer Rosenberg. "Aktion Erntefest". 20th Century History. About.com Education. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "Aktion Erntefest". Interrogation of Sporrenberg – National Archives Kew WO 208/4673. Holocaust Research Project.org. 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2013.