Szczepiatyn [ʂt͡ʂɛˈpjatɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ulhówek, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.
It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Ulhówek, 29 km (18 mi) east of Tomaszów Lubelski, and 127 km (79 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
[2] Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944.
On the night of 26–27 March 1944, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army attacked the village and carried out a massacre of 21 Poles, including children as young as six.
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