Chłaniów

Chłaniów [ˈxwaɲuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żółkiewka, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Żółkiewka, 28 km (17 mi) south-west of Krasnystaw, and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

Chłaniów
Village
Church of Saint Matthew
Chłaniów
Coordinates: 50°50′N 22°53′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Krasnystaw
Gmina	Żółkiewka

On 23 July 1944, as revenge for the killing by Polish partisans of an SS officer^{[citation needed]}, the village of Chłaniów, together with nearby Władysławin, was burned down by the Ukrainian Self-Defense Legion. Overall, 44 residents died in the two villages.^[1] One of the officers ordering the attack was allegedly Michael Karkoc, who lived openly in Minnesota, USA until his death in 2019.^[2]

References

1. Grzegorz Motyka, Dywizja "SS-Galizien" ("Hałyczyna") in Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, nr 1/2002, Warsaw 2002, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, ISSN 1427-7476, p. 116
2. "APNewsBreak: German prosecutor recommending murder charges in Minnesota Nazi-led unit case | Star Tribune". www.startribune.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.