Telatyn
Telatyn | |
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Village | |
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. It lies approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi) east of Tomaszów Lubelski and 120 km (75 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.[1]
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
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ 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.