Wierzchowiny pronounced [vjɛʂxɔˈvinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siennica Różana, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
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| Coordinates: 51°03′11″N 23°41′36″E | |
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| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Krasnystaw |
| Gmina | Siennica Różana |
Wierzchowiny was the location of a massacre carried out by aNational Armed Forces unit commanded by Mieczysław Pazderskion on 6 June 1945 in which approximately 50–196 inhabitants of the village (mostly Ukrainian, but also Polish) were killed in what remains an aura of considerable controversy.[2]
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