Dubienka
Dubienka | ||
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Village | ||
 Trinity Catholic Church | ||
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Country  Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Lublin | |
| County | Chełm | |
| Gmina | Dubienka | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 1,042 | |
| Website | dubienka.lubelskie.pl | |
Dubienka
In 1792, a battle between Polish and Russian armies took place near nearby.
The town was occupied by the Germans during World War II from 1939 to 1944. The Jewish population consisted of around 2,500 individuals. In May 1942, the Germans reported that there were 2,907 Jews in Dubienka, some of whom had been transported there from neighboring villages. On May 22, 1942, the Germans conducted an Aktion in which they murdered a number of Jews at the local Jewish cemetery. On June 2, 1942, local farmers, under German orders, took Jews by horse and wagon to Hrubieszow where they were held for two days with little food and water, then put on freight trains and taken to the
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Execution Sites of Jewish Victims Investigated by Yahad-In Unum". Yahad Map. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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