Ostrówek, Łęczna County Explained

Ostrówek
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Łęczna
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Puchaczów
Coordinates:51.2667°N 22.9842°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:LLE

Ostrówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puchaczów, within Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]

History

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. The village was the site of two massacres of Poles committed by the German occupiers and Ukrainian auxiliaries on 19 August 1942 and 9 April 1944. The first claimed seven victims, men aged 28 to 55, whereas the second claimed 24 victims, men, women and children, including infants aged 1.5, 2 and 3.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: Jastrzębski, Stanisław. Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947. 2007. Wrocław. Wydawnictwo Nortom. pl. 48. 978-83-89684-04-2.