Szarajówka
Village
Szarajówka is located in Poland
Szarajówka
Szarajówka
Coordinates: 50°22′13″N 22°50′59″E / 50.37028°N 22.84972°E / 50.37028; 22.84972
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyBiłgoraj
GminaŁukowa
Population
  Total74

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 kilometres (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

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. 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. p. 144–145. ISBN 83-903356-0-3.


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