Olszanka is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Kraśniczyn __NOTOC__ Gmina Kraśniczyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kraśniczyn, which lies approximately south-east of Krasnystaw and south-east of the re ...

, within

Krasnystaw County __NOTOC__ Krasnystaw County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. It ...

Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...

, in eastern Poland.

History

During the

German occupation German-occupied Europe, or Nazi-occupied Europe, refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet states, by the (armed forces) and the government of Nazi Germany at ...

(

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

), on 5 June 1944, the village was pacified by the occupiers. Some 100 Polish men, women and children were massacred in reprisal for their support for the Polish resistance movement. There is a memorial in the village.

References

Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland Sites of World War II massacres of Poles Villages in Krasnystaw County {{Krasnystaw-geo-stub