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Markowa [marˈkɔva] is a village in Łańcut
County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in
south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Markowa. It
lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Łańcut and 22 km
(14 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]
The village has a population of 4,100.
Saving Jews
in WWII
During World War
II many families in the village hid their Jewish neighbours to
help them survive the Holocaust. It is now estimated that at
least 17 Jews survived the war in Markowa.
Grave monument of Ulma family executed in 1944
Seven members of the Weltz family were hidden in the barn of
Dorota and Antoni Szylar. Jakub Einhorn's family was hidden by Jan
and Weronika Przybylak and Jakub Lorbenfeld and his family were
hidden by Michal Bar. Two girls from the Riesenbach family were
initially hidden by Stanislaw Kielar, before joining the other 3
family members in the attic of Julia and Józef Bar.
On March 24, 1944 a patrol of German police came to the house of
Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, where
they found 8 Jews belonging to the Szall and Goldman families. At
first the Germans executed all the Jews. Then they shot the
pregnant Wiktoria and her husband. When the six children began to
scream at the sight of their parents' bodies, Joseph Kokott, a
German police officer (Volksdeutsche from Sudetenland), shot them. The other killers
were Eilert Dieken, Michael Dziewulski and Erich Wilde.
On the 60th anniversary of this tragedy, a memorial was erected in
memory of the family.
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Coordinates: 50°1′13″N 22°18′1″E / 50.02028°N
22.30028°E / 50.02028;
22.30028
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