Krępiec [ˈkrɛmpjɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.
[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Mełgiew, 3 km (2 mi) south-east of Świdnik, and 13 km (8 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
[3] Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944.
In 1942–1943, the German gendarmerie and Ukrainian auxiliaries murdered a number of Poles and Jews, brought from the Majdanek concentration camp.
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