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In
accordance with orders received from the Authorities carrying
out the evacuation Aktion, the members of the Judenrat
were assembled at 14:00: Dr. Alten, Bekker, Bursztyn,
Cymerman, Dawidson, Goldsobel, Halbersztadt, Hochgemein,
Hufnagel, Kantor, Kerszman, Kerszenblum, Kelner, Lewi,
Lewinson, Lerner, Siegfried, Tenenbaum, Wajselfisz.
Members
of the Judenrat who were absent: Kestenberg and Edelstein (who
were arrested yesterday at the prison) and Rechtman.
In
addition the following persons were invited today who do not
belong to the Judenrat: Aizik Brodt, Daniel Kupferminc, Josef
Rotrubin, Szulim Tajkef, Boleslaw Tenenbaum and Wolf Wiener.
After
the arrival of representatives of the Authorities, Messrs. SS Obersturmfuehrer
Worthoff, SS Untersturmfuehrer Walter, SS Untersturmfuehrer
Dr. Sturm, SS Unterscharfuehrer Knitzky, Mr. Worthoff
and Dr. Sturm made the following announcement: The evacuation
of the Jewish population will continue in future with the
difference that the valid document permitting a person to
remain in Lublin will no longer be the Arbeitsausweis
(work card) with the stamp of the Sipo (Security
Police), but the J.[uden] Ausweis. Those in possession
of the J.-Ausweis are entitled to remain in Lublin, all
others will be evacuated.
The
Jewish population is to be informed that those in possession
of a J.-Ausweis are required to make certain that in
their apartments in the ghetto, which have been inspected or
will still be inspected, no persons without a J.-Ausweis
are in hiding, as otherwise those who are in possession of a J.-Ausweis
will also be evacuated.
As
only a small percentage of the former Jewish population will
remain in Lublin, the Judenrat will be reduced from 24 to 12
members.
The
Authorities appointed the following members to the Judenrat:
From
the previous membership: (1) Dr. Mark Alten, (2) Yitzhak
Kerszman, (3) David Hochgemein, (4) Leon Hufnagel, (5) Jacob
Kelner, (6) Nachman Lerner, (7) the clerk of the Judenrat Wolf
Wiener; in addition to these, the following who were not
formerly members of the Judenrat were appointed temporary
members: (8) Aizik Brodt, (9) Daniel Kupferminc, (10) Josef
Rotrubin, (11) Szulim Tajkef, (12) Boleslaw Tenenbaum.
Those
members of the former Judenrat who were not included in the
Judenrat appointed today will be evacuated together with their
families and will leave Lublin today together with the first
transport.
Those
members of the former Judenrat who live outside the ghetto
will go to their apartments accompanied by officials of the Sipo,
and after they have taken belongings needed for their move,
the apartments will be closed and sealed.
The
former members of the Judenrat Engineer Bekker and Dr.
Siegfried will be given administrative positions in the
Judenrat and the Jss* in their new place of residence as
persons with experience in these fields.
After
the former members of the Judenrat had left the hall, Dr.
Sturm made the following announcement:
Dr.
Alten is appointed Chairman of the Judenrat.
Kerszman
is appointed Deputy Chairman.
The
Presidium of the Judenrat will include: Alten, Kerszman and
Kupferminc.
The
distribution of duties among the members of the Judenrat will
be as follows, although it is possible that changes will be
recommended:
Judenrat
Member Kupferminc will deal with nutrition in the ghetto.
Judenrat
Member Tenenbaum will deal with matters concerning the police,
disinfection, elimination of lice and cleanliness in houses.
He
will have M. Stockfisch as assistant. From today the office
for the elimination of lice and for disinfection will be
linked to the Judenrat and become part of it. Mendel Goldfarb
is appointed Commander of the Ordnungsdienst (Jewish
Police) as an operational instrument.
Judenrat
Member Brodt will deal with labor affairs;
Judenrat
Member Wiener will deal with housing;
Judenrat
Member Hochgemein will deal with finance;
Judenrat
Member Hufnagel will deal with Public Assistance:
Judenrat
Member Rotrubin will deal with Public Health;
Judenrat
Member Kelner will deal with registration and information;
Judenrat
Member Tajkef will be responsible for the collection of taxes,
together with Judenrat Member Hochgemein.
Dr.
Alten is authorized to represent the Judenrat in appearances
before the Authorities, but he is entitled to delegate his
authority to the managers of other departments.
Judenrat
members are obliged to carry out the instructions of the
Chairman of the Judenrat, Dr. Alten.
No
further recommendations of any kind for the issuing of a J.-Ausweis
will be considered.
The
Order Police is required to call for voluntary evacuation.
Today
1,600 persons will be evacuated voluntarily.
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Deputy for Alten
(−)
D. Hochgemein
N.
Blumental, Teudot mi-Getto Lublin Judenrat le-lo Dereh
("Documents from Lublin Ghetto Judenrat without
Direction"), Jerusalem 1967, pp. 314-318.
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Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe (Jewish Self-Help). |
