Luta, Lublin Voivodeship Explained

Luta
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Włodawa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Włodawa
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.4667°N 52°W

Luta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodawa, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) south-west of Włodawa and 680NaN0 east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

A small town situated a few miles outside Sobibor. The town was occupied by Germans in the spring of 1940.Luta was a forced labor camp for Jews that operated between 1940 and 1942 where hundreds of people were murdered.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Yahad - in Unum.