30.08.2016
Lecture about the Holocaust survivors
On 30 August 2016 in the Social Welfare Home for Veterans in Biłgoraj, a lecture combined with a multimedia presentation “Holocaust Survivors from the Bełżec camp”. Participants to the meeting were made familiar with the history of operating of the death camp in Bełżec. The lecture included a presentation of the profiles of survivors – Rudolf Reder, Chaim Hirszman, as well as a number of other people whose post-war fates are unknown.
After the lecture, a discussion about the history of the region arose; a few people declared their willingness to share their knowledge about the Jewish population as well as their own experiences related to the pacification and displacements from the Zamość region.
For a couple of years now, the Museum in Bełżec has actively collaborated with the Social Welfare Home for Combatants in Biłgoraj. The wards have given accounts and shares their memories from World War II period, as well as participated in lectures about the history of the Holocaust.