Szychowice


Szychowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mircze, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately north-east of Mircze, south-east of Hrubieszów, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

World War II

In March 1944, Szychowice was one of hundreds of locales attacked by Polish partisans in acts of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Ukrainian population. Eight villagers were murdered and 150 houses destroyed.