Szarajówka Explained

Szarajówka
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Biłgoraj
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Łukowa
Coordinates:50.3703°N 22.8497°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:74

Szarajówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łukowa, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) west of Łukowa, 220NaN0 south-east of Biłgoraj, and 1000NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.

History

See main article: Szarajówka massacre. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, on May 18, 1943, from 58 to 67 inhabitants of Szarajówka, including numerous women and children, were massacred by the German punitive expedition.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Mikoda. Janina. Rejestr miejsc i faktów zbrodni popełnionych przez okupanta hitlerowskiego na ziemiach polskich w latach 1939–1945. Województwo zamojskie. Register of places and facts of crimes committed by the Nazi Occupier on Polish Lands in the years 1939–1945. Zamość Voivodeship. 1994. GKBZHwP-IPN. Warszawa. 144–145. 83-903356-0-3. pl.