Jewish Population in Lublin
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Under the Nazis, the city became a center of mass extermination and its Jewish population was obliterated. About 5,000 Jews settled there after the Holocaust, but most left in the late 1940s, after local Poles killed Holocaust survivors in the Kielce Pogrom of 1946 and antisemitism in the Soviet Union convinced many there was no future for Jews in Poland.
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Jewish Population in Lublin
Lublin was a vital center of Jewish culture in Poland and home to a significant share of Jews since the early 1600s. There are about 40 Jews living in Lublin today, but over 40,000 lived there before the Holocaust, roughly one third of the city’s population. Under the Nazis, the city became a center of mass extermination and its Jewish population was obliterated. About 5,000 Jews settled there after the Holocaust, but most left in the late 1940s, after local Poles killed Holocaust survivors in the Kielce Pogrom of 1946 and antisemitism in the Soviet Union convinced many there was no future for Jews in Poland.
Submitted by LR · Aug 14, 2025