Wola Okrzejska
Wola Okrzejska | |
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Village | |
 Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum in Wola Okrzejska | |
  Wola Okrzejska | |
| Coordinates: 51°45′N 22°8′E / 51.750°N 22.133°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Lublin |
| County | Łuków |
| Gmina | Krzywda |
| Population | |
• Total | 980 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LLU |
Wola Okrzejska [ˈvɔla ɔˈkʂɛi̯ska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzywda, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
History
43 Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.[2]
Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum
The Museum of Henryk Sienkiewicz is located in Wola Okrzejska at 21-480 Okrzeja; Phone: 025 755 9000; Tel. / fax: 025 797 6000.[3]
Notable residents
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist, was born here
- Lewis Bernstein Namier (1888–1960), an English historian, was born here
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warszawa. 2022. p. 64. ISBN 978-83-954388-3-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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