Szczuczki Explained

Szczuczki
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lublin
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wojciechów
Coordinates:51.2167°N 35°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Szczuczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojciechów, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 250NaN0 west of the regional capital Lublin.[1]

History

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, the village was a site of a massacre of approximately 100 Poles by the German forces (the).[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: Sudoł . Tomasz . 2 October 2022 . 83. rocznica masowego mordu w Szczuczkach – 2 października 2022 . 2023-05-25 . Instytut Pamięci Narodowej . pl.