Obrocz
Obrocz | |
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Village | |
Obrocz | |
| Coordinates: 50°36′N 23°2′E / 50.600°N 23.033°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Zamość |
| Gmina | Zwierzyniec |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LZA |
Obrocz [ˈɔbrɔt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zwierzyniec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 km (4 mi) east of Zwierzyniec, 21 km (13 mi) south-west of Zamość, and 79 km (49 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
History
In 1827, the village had a population of 231.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, on 28 October 1942, the German gendarmerie and Ukrainian Auxiliary Police committed a massacre of 28 Poles they accused of belonging to the Polish resistance movement and sheltering partisans.[3] Among the 22 identified victims were men and women between the ages of 15 and 62.[3] After the war, the remains were exhumed and buried at the cemetery in Zwierzyniec, and a memorial was unveiled at the site of the massacre.[3]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1886. p. 349.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Jastrzębski, Stanisław (2007). Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947 (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Nortom. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-83-89684-04-2.