# Piaski <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Piaski (Polish), Piaski Luterskie (historical)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin Voivodeship, Świdnik County, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>51.1342 22.8447</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1795</td><td>Piaski</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth — Lublin Voivodeship</td></tr> <tr><td>1795–1815</td><td>Piaski</td><td>Austrian partition, then Duchy of Warsaw</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1918</td><td>Piaski</td><td>Congress Poland / Russian Empire — Lublin Governorate</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Piaski</td><td>Second Polish Republic</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Piaski</td><td>German occupation — General Government</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Piaski</td><td>Poland — Lublin Voiv., Świdnik County</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Piaski was first mentioned in 1401 and received town rights in the 15th century (the name 'Piaski Luterskie' reflects a Reformation-era Protestant presence). It had a large Jewish community — 2,674 of 3,974 residents in 1921. Under occupation the Nazis ran the Piaski transit ghetto (1940), holding local Jews plus thousands deported from the Lublin Ghetto, Germany and the Czech lands, before deportation to Bełżec. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Piaski, Świdnik County, Virtual Shtetl, JewishGen</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Moszek Mortko Hamerman (b.1804)]] | Born ~1804 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Bayla Szlomowicz (b.1812)]] | Born 01/27/1812 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Leyba Hamer (b.1815)]] | Born ~1815, Died 1818 | | [[Abram Jankiel Lipszyc (b.1818)]] | Born ~1818 | | [[Cypa (b.1720)]] | Died 06/13/1818 | | [[Szaja Hofling (b.1820)]] | Born ~1820 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Cypa Hamer (b.1820)]] | Born 01/16/1820, Died 08/19/1826 | | [[Mosche Wajzer (b.1835)]] | Born 1835 | | [[PLACEHOLDER Blima Gantz (b.1790)]] | Died 02/13/1836 | | [[Zelda Tau (b.1844)]] | Born 1844 | | [[Wolf Hamer (b.1772)]] | Died 05/10/1851 | | [[Frymet Tauba Blumsztejn (b.1858)]] | Born ~1858, Died 1859 | | [[Nuchym Wajzer (b.1859)]] | Born 1859 | | [[Jankiel Kopel Blusztajn (b.1860)]] | Born 10/12/1860 | | [[Dawid Hersz Blusztajn (b.1863)]] | Born 1863 | | [[Rywka Rotman (b.1865)]] | Born 1865, Died 1883 | | [[Josef Blusztajn (b.1832)]] | Died 1873 | | [[Judka Barbanel (b.1840)]] | Died 11/20/1881 | | [[Estera Sura Akiersztejn (b.1890)]] | Born 1890 | | [[Frymet Tauba Blumsztejn (b.1891)]] | Born 01/1891 | | [[Josef Dawid Blusztajn (b.1892)]] | Born 1892, Died 1893 | | [[Chaja Sura Diament (b.1892)]] | Born ~1892 | | [[Chaim Srul Akiersztejn (b.1894)]] | Born 1894 | | [[Bajla Rozenblat (b.1895)]] | Born 1895, Died 1918 | | [[Fiszel Szajman (b.1897)]] | Born 1897 | | [[Izak Wajzer (b.1918)]] | Born 07/08/1918 | | [[Hersz Wajzer (b.1855)]] | Died 1921 | | [[Chaja Sura Lanajl (b.1923)]] | Born ~04/01/1923 | | [[Golda Gromb (b.1862)]] | Died 1937 | | [[Nojech Barbanel (b.1898)]] | Died ~1941 | | [[Dawid Szloma Barbanel (b.1867)]] | Died 1942 | | [[Dawid Szloma Barbanel (b.1904)]] | Died 1942 | | [[Froim Fiszel Barbanel (b.1928)]] | Died 1942 | | [[Wolf Hersz Rotkier (b.1910)]] | Died ~1942 | | [[Hersz Wajzer (b.1896)]] | Died 1942 |