Wierzchowiny,_Krasnystaw_County

Wierzchowiny, Krasnystaw County

Wierzchowiny, Krasnystaw County

Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Wierzchowiny pronounced [vjɛʂxɔˈvinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siennica Różana, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]

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World War II

Main article: Wierzchowiny massacre

Wierzchowiny was the location of a massacre carried out by a National Armed Forces unit commanded by Mieczysław Pazderski 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

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    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, Warsaw, 2006, ISSN 1427-7476 pp. 283-284.


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