Czeremcha, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Czeremcha is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Czeremcha. It lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south of the regional capital Białystok.
The village has a population of 2,500. It is a rail junction, with connections going westwards to Siedlce, northwards to Bielsk Podlaski and eastwards to Hajnówka. At the start of World War II it was the site of an aerial bombardment described by journalist Mendel Moses. http://archive.jta.org/article/1939/11/09/2848459/saga-of-2-months-of-war-told-by-mozes-left-warsaw-under-hail-of-bombs-bullets
