Siedliszcze, Gmina Siedliszcze

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Siedliszcze
Town
Siedliszcze
Coordinates: 51°11′40″N 23°9′50″E / 51.19444°N 23.16389°E / 51.19444; 23.16389
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Chełm County
Gmina Siedliszcze
Population 813

Siedliszcze [ɕɛˈdliʂt͡ʂɛ] is a town in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Siedliszcze. It lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Chełm and 42 km (26 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.

The town has a population of 813.

History

In 1921, there were 666 Jews living in Siedliszcze, representing 80% of the entire village’s population. On June 1, 1940, the Nazis created a ghetto in Siedliszcze for the Jewish population. There were about 2.000 Jews from Siedliszcze, Cracow, Lublin and Czechoslovakia in the ghetto. On May 18, 1942 about 630 Jews were sent to the Sobibor extermination camp. The liquidation of the ghetto took place in October 1942 when the rest of the ghetto inmates were sent to the Sobibor extermination camp. During the entire Nazi occupation, regular shootings took place at the Jewish cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/siedliszcze-lublin-poland.574


Coordinates: 51°11′40″N 23°9′50″E / 51.19444°N 23.16389°E / 51.19444; 23.16389


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