Szarajówka
Szarajówka | |
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Village | |
Szarajówka | |
| Coordinates: 50°22′13″N 22°50′59″E / 50.37028°N 22.84972°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Biłgoraj |
| Gmina | Łukowa |
| Population | |
• Total | 74 |
Szarajówka [ʂaraˈjufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łukowa, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) west of Łukowa, 22 km (14 mi) south-east of Biłgoraj, and 100 km (62 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin.
History
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, on May 18, 1943, from 58 to 67 inhabitants of Szarajówka, including numerous women and children, were massacred by the German punitive expedition.[2]
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)
- ^ Mikoda, Janina, ed. (1994). Rejestr miejsc i faktów zbrodni popełnionych przez okupanta hitlerowskiego na ziemiach polskich w latach 1939–1945. Województwo zamojskie [Register of places and facts of crimes committed by the Nazi Occupier on Polish Lands in the years 1939–1945. Zamość Voivodeship] (in Polish). Warszawa: GKBZHwP-IPN. pp. 144–145. ISBN 83-903356-0-3.