Chłaniów
Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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Chłaniów [ˈxwaɲuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żółkiewka, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
Chłaniów | |
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Village | |
Church of Saint Matthew | |
  Chłaniów Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′N 22°53′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Krasnystaw |
| Gmina | Żółkiewka |
On 23 July 1944, as revenge for the killing by Polish partisans of an SS officer[citation needed], the village of Chłaniów, together with nearby Władysławin, was burned down by the Ukrainian Self-Defense Legion. Overall, 44 residents died in the two villages.[2] One of the officers ordering the attack was allegedly Michael Karkoc, who lived openly in Minnesota, USA until his death in 2019.[3]
