Sochy, Lublin Voivodeship
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| Coordinates: 50°35′00″N 22°56′57″E / 50.58333°N 22.94917°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Zamość |
| Gmina | Zwierzyniec |
Sochy [ˈsɔxɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zwierzyniec located within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship.
History
[edit]During the Sochy massacre, Germans murdered about 200 people. It happened in June 1943 during the Germanisation of the region, which caused the Zamość Uprising. Polish writer Anna Janko is a daughter of one of survivors, she describes the tragedy in her book Mała Zagłada.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ An interview with Anna Janko Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
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