Władysławin

Władysławin
Village
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Krasnystaw
Gmina	Żółkiewka

Władysławin [vwadɨˈswavin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żółkiewka, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.^[1]

On July 23, 1944, as revenge for the killing of an SS officer, the village of Władysławin, together with nearby Chłaniów, was burned down by the Ukrainian Self-Defense Legion. Overall, 44 residents died in the two villages.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Grzegorz Motyka, Dywizja "SS-Galizien" ("Hałyczyna") in Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość, nr 1/2002, Warsaw 2002, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, ISSN 1427-7476, p. 116

Gmina Żółkiewka

Seat	Żółkiewka

Other villages	Adamówka Borówek Borówek-Kolonia Celin Chłaniów Chłaniów-Kolonia Chłaniówek Chruściechów Dąbie Gany Huta Koszarsko Majdan Wierzchowiński Makowiska Markiewiczów Olchowiec Olchowiec-Kolonia Poperczyn Rożki Rożki-Kolonia Siniec Średnia Wieś Tokarówka Wierzchowina Władysławin Wola Żółkiewska Wólka Zaburze Żółkiew-Kolonia

Coordinates: 50°50′12″N 22°53′33″E / 50.83667°N 22.89250°E / 50.83667; 22.89250

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