Kitów

Coordinates: 50°48′N 22°56′E / 50.800°N 22.933°E / 50.800; 22.933
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Kitów
Village
Kitów is located in Poland
Kitów
Kitów
Coordinates: 50°48′N 22°56′E / 50.800°N 22.933°E / 50.800; 22.933
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyZamość
GminaSułów

Kitów [ˈkituf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sułów, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Sułów, 25 km (16 mi) west of Zamość, and 56 km (35 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History[edit]

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, on December 11, 1942, a minimum of 164 inhabitants of Kitów, including numerous women and children, were massacred by the German punitive expedition.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Mikoda, Janina, ed. (1994). Rejestr miejsc i faktów zbrodni popełnionych przez okupanta hitlerowskiego na ziemiach polskich w latach 1939–1945. Województwo zamojskie [Register of places and facts of crimes committed by the Nazi Occupier on Polish Lands in the years 1939–1945. Zamość Voivodeship] (in Polish). Warszawa: GKBZHwP-IPN. p. 55-58. ISBN 83-903356-0-3.