Serokomla

Serokomla pronounced ['sɛrɔˈkɔmla] is a village in Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

The history of Serokomla dates back to 1573, when a nobleman Piotr Kijenski founded a town based on Magdeburg rights.

It was bought by the Firlej family in the late 16th century and remained in private hands until the Partitions of Poland.

Then on the morning of September 22, 1942, the travelling Nazi German Reserve Police Battalion 101 under the command of Captain Wohlauf rounded up the 200 to 300 Jews of Serokomla and shot them in the necks one by one at the crest of a waste dump outside the town.

Captain Wohlauf didn't even remember later he was at Serokomla amid the many deportation actions to death camps they conducted in the vicinity.