The Szarajówka massacre was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by the Ordnungspolizei and Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in the village of Szarajówka within occupied Poland. Occurring on May 18, 1943, this pacification action claimed the lives of up to 67 inhabitants, among whom were numerous women and children, many of whom were burned alive. The village was ransacked and completely burned. This atrocity was part of the ethnic cleansing of the Zamość region and was additionally seen as retribution against the civilian population for their support of the Polish resistance movement.
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