Wierzchowiny, Krasnystaw County
Wierzchowiny | |
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Village | |
  Wierzchowiny | |
| Coordinates: 51°03′11″N 23°41′36″E / 51.05306°N 23.69333°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Krasnystaw |
| Gmina | Siennica Różana |
Wierzchowiny pronounced [vjɛʂxɔˈvinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siennica Różana, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
In June 1945, a Polish National Armed Forces unit commanded by Mieczysław Pazderski murdered nearly 200 Ukrainian inhabitants of the village.[2]
World War II
Wierzchowiny was the location of a massacre carried out on 6 June 1945 in which approximately 50–196 inhabitants of the village (mostly Ukrainian, but also Polish) were killed in what remains an aura of considerable controversy.[2]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Mariusz Zajączkowski, Spór o Wierzchowiny. Działalność oddziałów Akcji Specjalnej NSZ w powiatach Chełm, Hrubieszów, Krasnystaw i Lubartów na tle konfliktu polsko-ukraińskiego (sierpień 1944 r. – czerwiec 1945 r.) (PDF file, direct download 1.19 MB) in: Pamięć i sprawiedliwość. Pismo Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej nr. 1(9)2006, Warszawa, 2006, ISSN 1427-7476 s. 283-284.
51°01′52″N 23°24′49″E / 51.0311°N 23.4136°E
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