Region

Lublin region in the war

3 articles · 1939–1944

From the spring of 1942 the Lublin district of the General Government was the centre of Operation Reinhard; according to historians' estimates, about 360,000 Jews from the district were murdered in 1942 alone. On 3–4 November 1943 the SS and police shot about 42,000 Jews, the region's last forced labourers, at Majdanek, Trawniki and Poniatowa. In July 1944 Home Army units fought here in Operation Tempest and were then disarmed.

1939

17 September – 6 October 1939BattleSoviet invasion of PolandFrom 17 September 1939 the Red Army occupied eastern Poland, resisted by the KOP, Grodno, Lwów and Orlik-Rückemann's group. Fighting went on into October.

1943

3 November 1943EventOperation Harvest FestivalOn 3–4 November 1943 the SS and police shot about 42,000 Jews at Majdanek, Trawniki and Poniatowa – the last forced labourers of the Lublin region.

1944

15 January – 26 October 1944BattleOperation TempestFrom January to October 1944 the Home Army struck the retreating Germans and greeted the Red Army as hosts. The Soviets disarmed its units.