Sochy
Village
The cemetery of Nazi victims
The cemetery of Nazi victims
Sochy is located in Poland
Sochy
Sochy
Coordinates: 50°35′00″N 22°56′57″E / 50.58333°N 22.94917°E / 50.58333; 22.94917
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyZamość
GminaZwierzyniec

Sochy [ˈsɔxɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zwierzyniec within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship. Germans murdered about 200 people on 1 June 1943 during the Germanisation of the region, which caused the Zamość Uprising. Polish writer Anna Janko is a daughter of one of survivors, she describes the tragedy in her book Mała Zagłada.[1]

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