Wereszczyn

Wereszczyn
Village
Wereszczyn
Coordinates: 51°22′N 23°13′E / 51.367°N 23.217°E / 51.367; 23.217
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Włodawa
Gmina	Urszulin

Wereszczyn [vɛˈrɛʂt͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Urszulin, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) south-west of Włodawa and 47 km (29 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.^[1]

History

On the morning of May 14, 1942, Germans entered the village and with the help of locals murdered all Jewish residents of the town. The story of that day is told by possibly the only survivor, Mariam Raz-Zunszajn. The village was small and the Jewish residents numbered between 100 and 300. They were murdered near a cemetery and their bodies placed in and around a disused well. Ukrainians thought to be Communists were also murdered in other locations. Today there is no trace of the Jewish life in the village but for a lone memorial placed a few years ago by Raz-Zunszajn who was nine at the time of the massacre.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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Gmina Urszulin

Seat	Urszulin

Other villages	Andrzejów Babsk Bieleckie Borysik Dębowiec Dyszczytno Grabniak Grobelki Jamniki Kalinówka Koło Młyna Kozubata Łomnica Michałów Nowe Załucze Olszowo Pod Bubnowem Przymiarki Sęków Stare Załucze Sumin Wereszczyn Wiązowiec Wielkopole Wincencin Wola Wereszczyńska Wólka Wytycka Wujek Wytyczno Zabrodzie Zarudka Zastawie Zawadówka

Coordinates: 51°22′N 23°13′E / 51.367°N 23.217°E / 51.367; 23.217

↑ Miriam Raz-Zunszajn Like Birds in Black and White. 2014

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