Skrzynice-Kolonia

Skrzynice-Kolonia
Village
Skrzynice-Kolonia
Coordinates: 51°6′36″N 22°37′30″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Lublin
Gmina	Jabłonna
Population
• Total	240
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LUB

Skrzynice-Kolonia [skʂɨˈnit͡sɛ kɔˈlɔɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonna, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Jabłonna and 16 km (10 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. In October 1943, the German police executed two people in Skrzynice-Kolonia. The victims were a 28-year-old Polish man and a Jew whom he had sheltered from the Holocaust.[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 101.