Jews in Parczew found out that 200 prisoners
being transported from Lublin to Biala Podlaska via Parczew were shot in Juliopol (a German colony 7km away from Parczew).
They were staying in Juliopol for the night. At night, groups of 20 people were selected, taken to a nearby forest and shot there. Others, seeing what was coming, did not want to go out, they were fighting the Germans. Some of the Germans got their fingers bitten off, others got injured. In the end, the Jews succumbed to the violence. The Jewish community of Parczew got permiossion to transport and bury them in The Jewish cemetery in Parczew. It took 8 days as the ground was frozem. The victims were from Kalisz, Kielce and Katowice. Buried in rows of 50. some were identified by distinguishin marks and a few had documents.
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