See also: Samoklęski, Subcarpathian Voivodeship.
| Samoklęski | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lubartów |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kamionka |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.45°N 48°W |
| Registration Plate: | LLB |
Samoklęski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-west of Kamionka, 120NaN0 west of Lubartów, and 250NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Lublin.
Samoklęski was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Ożarowski, Tęczyński, Opaliński, Lubomirski, Sieniawski and Czartoryski families,[2] administratively located in the Lublin Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province. Noblewoman Izabela Czartoryska founded a park in Samoklęski.[2] In 1824, the estate was bought by Polish general Jan Weyssenhoff.[2] In 1827, Samoklęski had a population of 331.[3]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. In January 1943, the Germans perpetrated a massacre of 27 Jews and local Pole Bolesław Dąbrowski, who was accused of rescuing Jews from the Holocaust.[4]