Majdan Wielki, Zamość County
Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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Majdan Wielki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmajdan ˈvjɛlkʲi]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland.[1]
Majdan Wielki | |
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Village | |
Road through the village | |
  Majdan Wielki Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′N 23°17′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Zamość |
| Gmina | Krasnobród |
| Population | |
• Total | 916 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LZA |
History
On 20 September 1939, during the invasion of Poland, German troops carried out a massacre of 42 Polish prisoners of war near the village (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] At least one Polish soldier survived the massacre.[2]
