Telatyn
Telatyn | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Gmina Telatyn administration building | |
  Telatyn | |
| Coordinates: 50°32′N 23°51′E / 50.533°N 23.850°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Tomaszów Lubelski |
| Gmina | Telatyn |
| Population | |
• Total | 603 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LTM |
| Website | www |
Telatyn [tɛˈlatɨn] is a village in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Telatyn.[1] It lies approximately 33 km (21 mi) east of Tomaszów Lubelski and 120 km (75 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
History
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. On 1 April 1944, an ethnic Ukrainian unit of the SS and the Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army committed a massacre of 162 Poles.[2]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Jastrzębski, Stanisław (2007). Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947 (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Nortom. p. 201. ISBN 978-83-89684-04-2.
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