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 Oct
Siedlce Synagogue burned down by the SS in 1939 in the lead up to the Holocaust in occupied Poland
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.
Deportation of 10,000 Polish Jews to Treblinka during the liquidation of the ghetto in Siedlce, beginning 23 August 1942
Public announcement of death penalty for Poles helping Jews leaving the Ghetto illegally, signed by the governor of Distrikt Warschau, September 1942
Umschlagplatz was the term used during The Holocaust to denote the holding areas adjacent to railway stations in occupied Poland where Jews from ghettos were assembled for deportation to Nazi death ca
Siedlce Ghetto
…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…
National monument at the Ghetto's former Umschlagplatz symbolizing an open freight car, Stawki Street, Warsaw
Polish Jews loaded onto trains at the Warsaw Ghetto
Waiting to be deported at the Umschlagplatz.
Jews captured during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising being led to Umschlagplatz via Zamenhof street.