Rokitno, Biała County

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Rokitno
Village
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyBiała Podlaska County
GminaRokitno

Rokitno [rɔˈkʲitnɔ] is a village in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rokitno. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Biała Podlaska and 109 km (68 mi) north-east of the regional capital Lublin.

In 1939, the population of Rokitno was approximately 8,500, of whom 2,000 were Jewish.[2] The town was occupied by Nazis in August of 1941, following the withdrawal of Soviet troops.[3] On August 26, 1942, the entire Jewish population of Rokitno was ordered into the market square, where persons were systematically shot or herded to waiting rail cars. An estimated 300 persons were killed in the market square that day. Those who were not shot at Rokitno were shipped by rail to Sarny, approximately forty kilometres away, where they and other Jews from neighbouring towns, amounting to between 14,000 and 18,000 persons, were shot in a mass executions over the next two days, on August 27-28, 1942. Those from Rokitno who survived the executions did so by escaping to the dense forest which surrounded the town.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Alex Levin, Under The Yellow & Red Stars. Azrieli Foundation, 2009, p. 7.
  3. ^ Alex Levin, Under The Yellow & Red Stars. Azrieli Foundation, 2009, p. 16.
  4. ^ Alex Levin, Under The Yellow & Red Stars. Azrieli Foundation, 2009, pp. 19-20.
  5. ^ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Profile of Itzhak Gendelman. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

Films

  • "Children of the Forest: The Life of Yona Bromberg". In the documentary Yona Bromberg, Holocaust survivor, recalls the German occupation of Rokitno during an interview with filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley.
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