Kitów Explained

Kitów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zamość
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sułów
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:50.8°N 78°W

Kitów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sułów, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) north of Sułów, 250NaN0 west of Zamość, and 560NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

See main article: Kitów massacre. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, on December 11, 1942, a minimum of 164 inhabitants of Kitów, including numerous women and children, were massacred by the German punitive expedition.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Mikoda. Janina. 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. 1994. GKBZHwP-IPN. Warszawa. 55-58. 83-903356-0-3. pl.