The 1932 population register
Résumé
The Lubartów population was registered by local authorities from the end of the 19th century, after the 1918 independence and once again in 1932. These population registers (Rejestr mieszkancow) are located in the Lublin archives; they list all the inhabitants, apartment by apartment, indicating the age and religion of each of them. More exceptionally, the population register opened in 1932 records the movements of each individual up to 1951, indicating for example the date and place of destinations (Warsaw, Lublin as well as Paris, Buenos Aires, Cuba, or Costa Rica…), as well as other information. It also mentions the deportation of the Jews arrested in Lubartów in April 1942 and sent to the Belzec extermination camp. Therefore, these registers offer a remarkable starting-point for our research, as it allows assessing the population status in 1932 and mentions various population movements.