Olszanka, Gmina Kraśniczyn
Appearance
Olszanka | |
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Village | |
![]() Memorial to the victims of the German-perpetrated Olszanka massacre of 1944 | |
Coordinates: 50°53′44″N 23°28′11″E / 50.89556°N 23.46972°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lublin |
County | Krasnystaw |
Gmina | Kraśniczyn |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | LKS |
Olszanka [ɔlˈʂaŋka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kraśniczyn, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
History
[edit]During the German occupation (World War II), on 5 June 1944, the village was pacified by the occupiers. Some 100 Polish men, women and children were massacred in reprisal for their support for the Polish resistance movement. There is a memorial in the village.
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