Świerże, Chełm County
Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
51°13′N 23°44′E / 51.217°N 23.733°E / 51.217; 23.733Świerże (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕfjɛrʐɛ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dorohusk, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Dorohusk, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Chełm, and 82 km (51 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.
The Jewish population of the town numbered at least 800 Jews upon the outbreak of World War II. In October 1942, the Jews from Świerże were forced to walk to the Sobibór extermination camp, a distance of 40 km. The Jews of Świerże were all murdered.[2]
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Gmina Dorohusk
- Dorohusk
- Barbarówka
- Berdyszcze
- Brzeźno
- Dobryłówka
- Dorohusk-Osada
- Husynne
- Kępa
- Kolemczyce
- Kroczyn
- Ladeniska
- Ludwinów
- Majdan Skordiowski
- Michałówka
- Mościska
- Myszkowiec
- Okopy
- Okopy-Kolonia
- Olenówka
- Ostrów
- Pogranicze
- Puszki
- Rozkosz
- Skordiów
- Stefanów
- Świerże
- Teosin
- Turka
- Wólka Okopska
- Zalasocze
- Zamieście
- Zanowinie
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