Dubienka

Dubienka [duˈbʲɛŋka] (Ukrainian: Дубенка, romanized: Dubenka) is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine[1] on the Bug River. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dubienka. It lies approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) east of Chełm and 95 km (59 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.

Dubienka
Village
Trinity Catholic Church
Coat of arms
Dubienka
Coordinates: 51°3′N 23°53′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyChełm County
GminaDubienka
Population
 • Total1,042
Websitedubienka.lubelskie.pl

In 1792, a battle between Polish and Russian armies took place near nearby.

The town was occupied by the Germans during World War II from 1939–1944. The Jewish population consisted of around 2,500 individuals. In May 1942, the Germans reported that there were 2,907 Jews in Dubienka, some of whom had been transported there from neighboring villages. On May 22, 1942 the Germans conducted an Aktion in which they murdered a number of Jews at the local Jewish cemetery. On June 2, 1942, local farmers, under German orders, took Jews by horse and wagon to Hrubieszow where they were held for two days with little food and water, then put on freight trains and taken to the Sobibór extermination camp where they were immediately murdered. Two to three hundred were left behind as laborers. Only about fifteen Dubienka Jews survived the Holocaust. The Jewish community ceased to exist.[2]

The village has a current population of 1,042.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "Execution Sites of Jewish Victims Investigated by Yahad-In Unum". Yahad Map. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

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