Sochy, Lublin Voivodeship

Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
50°35′00″N 22°56′57″E / 50.58333°N 22.94917°E / 50.58333; 22.94917Country PolandVoivodeshipLublinCountyZamośćGminaZwierzyniec

Sochy [ˈsɔxɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zwierzyniec located within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship.

History

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

  1. ^ An interview with Anna Janko Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
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