INFORMATION ON WLOELAWEK, ZABLUDOW, BIALYSTEK, HAJNOWKA, GHELM LUBELSKI AND HRUBIESZOW

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Information oniNloelswek, Babludow? Bialystok,
HainaNksp Chaim Lauselski dad Ilrubiessow.
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"The town of Wloclas!al belongs
to the County i,volvtdonip of lerve,o wadinilitai1y to the ommand of
Military Area BY440eres (DOW - Dowedetwo Oke gik Wojskoveigo). The
town still has .a number of old monasteries isoan? Jesuit and
CapOchin orders.
Opposite the athedral
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h was probably formerly a
as AtolI5B-tmedspartars.
Normal traffie is maInta ned bit the 'Vistula aver. I saw a ntnriber of
paddle steamers, two of ithioh were called gjaroslav Dabrowski and.
"Pstrowsti'
The reilearietation ii coffee ta tory 'ono=
site ibis lita*ien.,:wh*ehi wisest .
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trims' oin. -Other' ' 1 .toa.1. a emerg tinieslain Ilitgtoryi,"
ilarmnoti' siIiulose -feet -aid ftlonsmMttfir,and
eledtrie 'let The :aliii has: a -frevetmlNiant for
meats. -In A- 1953-'there-WasAt4ire hers, Insiead of .the-i2snal
fire 'deperititsitif-pinutwinei'ielmig sailed, iriltiary s Wire 'ailed to
fxt1situislith0 tiii, beettise Os stdirs is of at Smdimmst'prwservess,
of vhi h thi" "e Belliiii-411critages in:lehli **in.' 'Theenttorities 'were
afraid -thit'if-thm Ordinarkfire )rigadea-Ifere-eallea ii; t QV
of -
these meat atmeks would Awss4,through ths toys. and provoke the pop a
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tion to anger.
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The town has two
ieture houses one of wh
In 1953; the town acquired a new ee 1 the Higher School of Paper Industry
(Wyzsza Szkola.Papiernieza).
There are largestores'ofexplosIves hidden. in Woods near the,111021WaY
from the town.tO Kowait2 ;:av 'L. . ' Theme siorea:,, are surrounded by
tripiw fencing and are earefully guarded by solnierei! In the immediate
vicinity of the town, in the Moderowo area, there ii an exereisO,,ground
25X1X (;olygon).tor,ingineer troops. regiment was trained in bridge
buiiaing. But one of the most Important military polygons of Pomorze
province is in the neighborhood er-brawsko Pomorskie. Training of units
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is continual there. The,regiment from laxxaAtwekdid'not operate only i
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were sent to Hajnowka for a while; it was. said that the tj!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to help with the harvest, but actually they were engaged in some work in
the huge local ammunition stores.
2. "Zabludow:
Zabludow is
in Bial stok count
TIie, Woe own
is in ruins, though.the,surrounding area is in better conditfon. .The town
was destroyed by fire set by withdrawing Soviet troops in 1941, and.no re-
construction has been started. The rubble has been cleared avay, but in the
town's center there remains only the Catholic and Orthodox churches, one inn,
two shops kali operated by the Samopomoc ChlOpska), and a vocational school
for mechanics.
3. "Bialystok:
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ystok, the capital of e county, has ot been
destroyed, bUti:..the railway station is still in ruins, and only temporary
barracks have been erected in its Place. The old Branicki family palace., vbich
was seriously damaged, is now restored. Before World War II, it lodged the
VoivodshiP office; now it houses' the.Voivodship National Council (WRN).
The best building in the town is at No. 5 Mickievicz Street; it is the county
UB headquarters.
The municipal gaswork was damaged during World War II -but has since been re-
constructed.
-A,ar the Central Park, a vocational school for mechanics has been built.
Tomacransportation is provided by the municipal bus ,service. The vehicles are
new, and of Hungarian production.
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Some industry is being developed inBialystok.. The local brewery
is Under reconstruction and, is to be considerably enlarged.
Apart from IhtlI222_13weets factory, tannery and some mechanical factory (produc-
5X1A lug tools,,I11111111) are operating. There is also 'talk of industrial develop-
5X1A ment around the town. extensive construction going on in Pasty
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and.ZaMbrO. r
in Fastyi',ZaMbrow andWalik
cotton textile
product ion
say that whatever industry
does not profit the country',
Unioni c.t4e--.-X.ropp.er of which,4
port of g66ai very convenient,;,
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happening in WaliXy.'
are to constitute three parts'
ie sections, it is said, have'
arted
However, people in Bialystok- 'eivirons
developed there now by the Comm St regime .
ince production is mainly for the Soviet
only a stone's,throw away, and the trans,?
,
e combinW in Zambrow, Fasty and Wal'
will 'allegedly proAuce mat?al
as cotton. drill
for:t
or.tp0aquipment of the Soviet Army,
upmer uniforms, etc.
In all of Bialysto 0.4a4.3there is an en10404)1ploitation of timber.
However, thAirago,ifirgelY exported bhe USSR. The population has no
Ilrenlyglto beat their dwellings in Winter, and a'special type of stove for
hegrang with woodshavings is very popular with the people.
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bri?jln is under conetruction
in WoszcCele?near Bialystok.
? Crude 'oil deposits have been discovered somewhere in-the Bialystok and
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Briesc areas as well tscOpppassie (nek, incorporated in the USSR).
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The farming population of Bialystok 000ii looks Very poor. With the ex-
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ception'o! the near frontier belt, thkeare comparatively very few
kolkhozee'in that area, oviiaaL to the staunch -resistance ,of the peasants
to colleCtivization ? On the Other hand, ,the authorities find certain
'difficulties in fighting theseliesanti as 'kulaks'p since most of them
have very small farms, some of ''':;:y.two'or three heLoares, which does net
.even suffice to maintain their f ilies; still they do not want collectiVi-
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cation., They usually manage by sending some memberCOf the family to work
in nearby factories.
. "Hajnowka:
All the iocal,population has ?evacuated from Hajnowka, probably due
to its proximity to the frontier, which is guarded with the utmost strict-
nese. .iTncHaljpowka there are huge aMOnnition dumps under military adminis-
tra4ciii,?
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No longer is anything heard of Partisan activities in the Pusccia Bialowieska
forests; it may be concluded that the.,Partisans have been nearly eradicated.
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In the 'Hajnowka area, a laege timberS extioitation is in progress.
"Chelm 144444 aov
This town is still In ruins, ;ven the railway station has ot,been reconstruc-
ted. Chelm was destroyed by tb4-Ukranians who set fire to it during World
War II. There were official promises that Chelth would be reconstructed
for the 10th AnniverSary of the formation of the Lublin Committee, but when
I did not observe,, any large scale building
The town has ?a fruit preserves factory.
A strz1gWOP unit is stationed in Chelm Lubelski. I heard that it is the
Seven4Brigede of the WOP. :The UB occupies two adjoining buildings at
the corner of Ogrodawa and Refkmacka Streets. There is a UB prison in
the cellars of these two houses;
6. "Brubieszow:
In this small town, there are manyuniforms. A. WOP unit (probably the
Strength Of a battalion) and an infantry regiment are quartered here in
the local militia barracks which date from before World War I.
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Near Hrubieszow, in Niels* a new fruit presonves factory is under con-
struction. But the 2;re''` pint of interest in the neighborhood is a
large concentration camp 5k ed east of Erubieszow at a short distance
from the Soviet frontier. T. are, aroundthe camp, ,a,ornear the frontier,
has been evacuated e-prisoners,arefOrmer soldiers of
...tile Polish Home- Army ilit-Y-and,-alao, those who served withthe Western allies
during World 4.4r,- Ir. ,The camp is 04-.4xe-ge dly administered by the Soviet MVD vfhiala
is .r.rAgaged in the 're-educatir of, the reactionaries entrusted to
it. Everyone in Firubieszow know about the existence of the camp which,
thersay, holds ,.several thousand prisoners. Although they have hard labor
sentences for a/-4sf4.0.4*,.(period of years, most of them are kept much longer,
probablx.4reen4?ing Upon their response-to-the !re-education'. They are
engaged in the 'construction of, hew military airfield and some other works
of strategic importance.
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