Wola Okrzejska

Wola Okrzejska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzywda, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

History

43 Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.

Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum

The Museum of Henryk Sienkiewicz is located in Wola Okrzejska at 21-480 Okrzeja; Phone: 025 755 9000; Tel. / fax: 025 797 6000.

Notable residents

• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist, was born here
• Lewis Bernstein Namier (1888–1960), an English historian, was born here

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