1940 poster pleading for help for European Jews

I've learned from the document bellow that the German Amtskommisar (office supervisor) in Zabludow had the last name Olech. His first name was unknown. He was from the city of Prostem in East Prussia. I must point out that some of the other information in this document is very incomplete, and at times faulty. The German Gendarmeri Commander in Zabludow was given the nickname Pilat by the Zabludow Poles. This is Polish for Pilatus,the Roman Official who judged Jesus Christ and sent him to the cross.

1. Camp name: Zabludow Ghetto

2. Camp location: Area of Bialystok’s Brothers Tannery

3. Camp size: 1,400

4. Date of camp founding: Styczen 1942

5. Date of camp liquidation: November 1, 1942

6. Was the camp for Polish people only? No - Zabludow's Jewish people in the camp.

7. Were there any foreigners in the camp? No

8. What was the average population of the camp? 1,400 people

9. How many people went through the camp during its existence? 1,400 people.

10. What happed to the prisoners when the camp was liquidated? They died at Treblinka.

11. Did the prisoners work at the camp? No work was performed at the ghetto.

12. Did the prisoners work outside the camp? What type of work, and where?

They repaired roads and they worked in a quarry.

13. How were the prisoners fed? No food was distributed.

14. Was there an infirmary in a camp? No

15. Were there any epidemics in the camp? No

16. Are there any death count records? No

17. Were there any executions in the camp or outside the camp? There were three

or four incidents of singular executions by shooting outside the ghetto.

18. Were the corpses exterminated? No they were buried.

19. Was there a crematory in the camp? No

20. Has the burial place of the bodies been discovered? The bodies were buried at the Jewish Cemetery.

21. In what shape is the camp today? The Tannery area is damaged and the buildings are demolished.

22. Is there any physical evidence from the camp left? Nothing is left.

23. Are there known names and addresses of the camp prisoners? There are the following names of the people still alive:

1) Rubins Efroim, Bialystok, 27 Kupiecka St

2) Lewin Jozek, Bialystok, 7 Kupiecka St

3) Garber Szmul, Bialystok, 7 Kupiecka St

4) Lewin Szymon, Bialystok, 21 Kupiecka St

The rest perished in Treblinka, names are unknown.

24. Are the names of the camps German Camandant and officers known?

1) Amtskommisar (Office superviser) Olech from East Prussia (Prostem).

2) Military Police Major, Pilat

On September 25, 1945 the City Court in Bialystok represented by Honorable Judge Damulewicz Leon, based on articles 255, 254a1, article C of Law Codex had interviewed Mr. Mularczyk Jan, the Mayor of Town Zabludow, regarding murders performed by Germans in Poland. Mularczyk Jan, son of Mikolaj and Agata, 47 years old, Polish nationality, Catholic, farmer, Mayor of Town Zabludow, aware of responsibilities for giving untruthful statements, disclosed the following:There are no mass graves of mass execution places in the area of Town of Zabludow. During all the period of occupation there were 10 individual executions, names of these people are unknown, one out of this 10 people was citizen of Town of Zabludow. I was seeing the body but I could not identify it - other killed people are from outside of Town of Zabludow and are unknown to me. There were 7 Jews and 3 Poles executed. Jews are buried at the Jewish cemetery in the separate graves, Poles are buried at the Polish cemetery in separate graves also.The above data is supported by my personal observations and also based on questioning of the Town citizens. At this the protocol was completed and after rereading it was signed.

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