Skryhiczyn Explained

Skryhiczyn
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chełm
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Dubienka
Coordinates:50.9833°N 79°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Skryhiczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubienka, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-east of Dubienka, 370NaN0 south-east of Chełm, and 1000NaN0 east of the regional capital Lublin.

The founder of the town, in 1871, was Rabbi Mordko Kelman Rotenberg, nephew of the famous Góra Kalwaria tzaddik, Icchak Meir Alter. Before the German invasion of Poland during World War II, the Jewish population of Skryhiczyn included 150 to 300 Jews. In November 1941, several Jews from Skryhiczyn were resettled in Hrubieszów, where they were put into forced labor. In June 1942, along with Jews from the ghetto in Hrubieszów, they were deported to the Nazi extermination camp in Sobibór.[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: Virtual Sztetl. 2018-07-21. English.