Country Poland Gmina Gmina Dynów Local time Saturday 6:36 AM | County Rzeszów County Population 518 Voivodeship Podkarpackie Voivodeship | |
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Pawłokoma [pavwɔˈkɔma] (Ukrainian: Павлокома, Pavlokoma) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dynów, within Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Dynów and 32 km (20 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. It is also 35 km west of Przemyśl. The village has a population of 518.
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Map of Paw%C5%82okoma, Poland
History
On 2–3 March 1945, approximately 366 Ukrainian and a few Polish inhabitants of Pawłokoma were murdered by the former Armia Krajowa unit, commanded by Józef Biss "Wacław".
A monument to commemorate the Ukrainian victims of the Pawłokoma massacre of March 1945 was made in 2005. The village was burned in October 1945 by the Armia Krajowa partisan unit.
In 1939 the village had a population of 1189 Ukrainians.