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Kamiensk was almost entirely destroyed by German artillery fire during the
invasion of September 1939. About half of the population fled the town. By
the end of 1940, some 350 local Jews and 170 Jewish refugees were living in
Kamiensk. During the summer of 1942, their numbers increased to 598 due to
the influx of more refugees. In October 1942, some 500 of these Jews were
transported to the extermination camp at Treblinka.
Several Jews in hiding were handed over by the Poles to
the Germans.
Kamiensk is mentioned in the following accounts of
deportations from the nearby towns of Radomsko and Piotrkow Trybunalski.
- Letter from the Kamiensk Judenrat to "Prezydiem Zydowskiej Samopomocy
Spolecznej" in Krakow, dated February 14, 1941 (in Polish); signed
by I. Wajnman, uncle of Victor Breitburg.
- Letter from the Kamiensk Judenrat to "Prezydiem Zydowskiej Samopomocy
Spolecznej" in Krakow, dated March 10, 1941(in Polish); signed by
I. Wajnman, uncle of Victor Breitburg.
- Letter from the Kamiensk Judenrat to the American Joint Distribution Committee
in Krakow, dated April 27, 1941 (in Polish); signed by I. Wajnman, uncle
of Victor Breitburg.
- Letter from Kamiensk Judenrat, dated 1941 (in Yiddish); signed by I.
Wajnman, uncle of Victor Breitburg.
- Partial transport list from Kamiensk containing the names of the Wajnman family;
additional surnames on this page: Opoczynski, Opatowski, Wajsberger,
Wajnsztajn, Wolman, and Zylbersztajn.
January 17, 2001
Victor Breitburg
Levittown, New York
E-mail: victorsb@aol.com
The information about Kamiensk was obtained from the
Museum of Jewish Diaspora in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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