Sochy, Lublin Voivodeship

Sochy [ˈsɔxɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zwierzyniec within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship. Germans murdered about 200 people on June the 1st, 1943 during the Germanisation of the region, which caused Zamość Uprising. Polish writer Anna Janko is a daughter of one of survivors, she describes the tragedy in her book Mała Zagłada.[1]

Not to be confused with Sochi, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The cemetery of Nazi victims

References
  1. An interview with Anna Janko Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine

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