Wierzchowiny, Krasnystaw County

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

Wierzchowiny
Village
Wierzchowiny is located in Poland
Wierzchowiny
Wierzchowiny
Coordinates: 51°03′11″N 23°41′36″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyKrasnystaw
GminaSiennica Różana

World War II

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]

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