Piskorowice

Piskorowice
—  Village  —
Piskorowice
Coordinates:
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Leżajsk
Gmina Gmina Leżajsk

Piskorowice [piskɔrɔˈvit​͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leżajsk, within Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Leżajsk and 43 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

In Piskorowice and outlying villages a massacre of between 160 - 400 [2]ethnic Ukrainians led by members of the National Military Organization of the "Wolyniak" group, aided by Polish civilians, took place on April 16th 1945 [3] sometimes referred to as part of the wider Pawłokoma massacres. [1]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
  2. ^ Page 178 - Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948 By Philipp Ther, Ana Siljak
  3. ^ Misiło, Pawłokoma ..., pp.19,20
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