Końskowola

Końskowola is a toun in Sootheastren Poland. It's the caipital o a commune athin Puławy Coonty an the Lublin Voivodeship. It haes 2,188 indwallers (in 2004).

History

The toun was incorporatit on Juin 8, 1532. Końskowola wis a mercat toun for the troke o fuid for the local area. In Warld War II, on September 15, 1939, Końskowola wis takken bi German sodgers. Durin the war, the Germans biggit a POW camp an camps for sclave laubour in the toun. The POW camp wis soon stoppit belyve, bit a laubour camp wis there till 1943.

A ghetto wis establishit in the toun, an mony Jews wis relocatit there, includin Jews frae Slovakie. On Mey 8, 1942, the Nazis gaithered mony Jews and transportit them tae a daith camp. In October 1942, the ghetto's population wis killed in a massacre cairrit oot bi German sodgers. Mebbes 800-1000 Jews, including wifies an bairns, wis taen tae a shaw naurhaund, an killed. The ghetto's remaining indwallers wis muived tae anither camp.

Wi the approach of Soviet Union sodgers in the simmer o 1944, the Germans ettlet tae scauder the toun. On Julie 25, 1944, the German sodgers wis attackit bi sodgers fae the Polish resistance. The toun wis bedeen freed frae the Germans.