Bircza

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Bircza, dec. 2006
Bircza, dec. 2006

Bircza is a village in gmina Bircza, Przemyśl County, the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.

It is located at around 49°40′60″N, 22°28′0″E, close to the border with Ukraine.

Before World War II, the Bircza area was home to a large Jewish community. Nearly all of them were murdered during the ensuing Holocaust.

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