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Organizacja gniazd dziecięcych dla dzieci polskich wysiedlonych z Zamojszczyzny do dystryktu warszawskiego w latach 1942–1943

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Kozaczyńska B.

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

2023

vol. 60

47-66

The activity of children’s nests in the eastern part of the Warsaw district was associated with the displacement of Polish children from the Zamość region by the Germans in the winter between the end of 1942 and beginning of 1943. Many of them were separated from their mothers (parents) during racial selection in the transit camp in Zamość and deported, in six transports to three poviats of the district: Garwolin, Siedlce and Mińsk Mazowiecki. After being placed in “foster families” in this area, there was a need to provide the displaced children with care during the day, in the absence of their working caregivers (including mothers), or in the absence of proper care and entertainment. Local agencies of the Main Welfare Council came to the rescue by organizing six children’s nests in: Żelechów, Łaskarzew-Osada, Parysów, Stoczek Łukowski, Mordy and Łosice. Their aim was not only to manage their free time in the absence of working caregivers, in various forms, e.g. fun, education, etc., but also to improve their health, also by feeding displaced children. This was possible thanks to many months of financial and material support from the “Care Clubs” for displaced children, established by employees of institutions and enterprises from Warsaw. The mood of fun and joy during kindergarten classes meant that children from the Zamość region could, at least for a short time, forget about the difficult reality of the occupation and oft en forget about separation from their loved ones. After the liberation of these areas in the summer of 1944, the children’s nests were most likely liquidated and the displaced children left for their hometowns.

Postawy mieszkańców wschodnich powiatów dystryktu warszawskiego ratujących polskie dzieci – byłych więźniów niemieckiego obozu przejściowego w Zamościu w latach 1942–1943

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Kozaczyńska B.

Prace Historyczne

2021

vol. 148

issue 2

397-410

In December 1942 and in the following two winter months of 1943 during the race selection at transit camp in Zamość (UWZ-Lager Zamosc), Germans deported about 3,500 Polish children, who qualified as “racially worthless” from the camp. Most of them were separated from their parents. After a stay of several days or several weeks at the camp, having been crammed into unheated freight carriages, they arrived in six “death transports” to three poviats: Garwolin, Siedlce and Mińsk Mazowiecki, located in the eastern part of the Warsaw district. The article presents the attitudes of Poles rushing to save the children, disregarding the difficulties that occurred at that time in the face of the prolonged war and German terror. Both the inhabitants of the area known by surnames and those who are now nameless, joined the rescue operation. Their determination, commitment, and sacrifice during the relief operation that lasted for many months under the occupation up until the end of the war, deserve emphasis. Undoubtedly, it was a show of huge selflessness of people of goodwill to save the lives of innocent and defenceless Polish children from the Zamość region.

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Organizacja gniazd dziecięcych dla dzieci polskich wysiedlonych z Zamojszczyzny do dystryktu warszawskiego w latach 1942–1943

Postawy mieszkańców wschodnich powiatów dystryktu warszawskiego ratujących polskie dzieci – byłych więźniów niemieckiego obozu przejściowego w Zamościu w latach 1942–1943