# Wysokie <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Wysokie (Polish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lublin County (gmina Wysokie), Lublin Voivodeship, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>50.9078 22.6650</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>pre-1795</td><td>Wysokie</td><td>Kingdom of Poland / Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</td></tr> <tr><td>1815–1915</td><td>Wysokie</td><td>Congress Poland (Russian Empire)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Wysokie</td><td>Second Polish Republic (Lublin Voivodeship)</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1942</td><td>Wysokie</td><td>German-occupied Poland (General Government, Lublin District)</td></tr> <tr><td>1944–present</td><td>Wysokie</td><td>Poland (Lublin Voivodeship)</td></tr> </table> ## Overview 'Wysokie' is a common Polish place-name (cf. Wysokie Mazowieckie, Wysokie Litewskie); the town here is Wysokie in Lublin County, seat of gmina Wysokie, which had an organized Jewish community. Under German occupation about 320 Jews were deported from Lublin to Wysokie in March 1941; in April 1942 some 500 Wysokie Jews were deported to the Turobin ghetto and on to the Sobibór and Bełżec extermination camps (some via Izbica). Between roughly 500 and 700 Jews of Wysokie were murdered, and the community ceased to exist. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wysokie,_Gmina_Wysokie, https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/l/264-lublin/99-history/137601-history-of-community</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Jenta Gersztenblit (b.1834)]] | Born ~1834, Died 1867 | | [[Laja Hochman (b.1839)]] | Born ~1839 | | [[Malka Gersztenblit (b.1845)]] | Born ~1845 | | [[Syma Gersztenblit (b.1846)]] | Born ~1846 | | [[Zanwel Haut (b.1793)]] | Died 1851 | | [[Icek Gersztenblit (b.1854)]] | Died 1859 | | [[Ryfka Necha Haut (b.1864)]] | Born 1864 | | [[Abram Haut]] | Born |