Skrzynice-Kolonia Explained

Skrzynice-Kolonia
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lublin
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Jabłonna
Coordinates:51.11°N 22.625°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:240
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:LUB

Skrzynice-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonna, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) north-east of Jabłonna and 160NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. In October 1943, the German police executed two people in Skrzynice-Kolonia. The victims were a 28-year-old Polish man and a Jew whom he had sheltered from the Holocaust.[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: Datner, Szymon. 1968. Las sprawiedliwych. pl. Warszawa. Książka i Wiedza. 101.