Olszanka, Gmina Kraśniczyn

Olszanka [ɔlˈʂaŋka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kraśniczyn, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

[1] During the German occupation (World War II), on 5 June 1944, the village was pacified by the occupiers.

Some 100 Polish men, women and children were massacred in reprisal for their support for the Polish resistance movement.

There is a memorial in the village.

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