Zubole | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mońki |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Trzcianne |
Coordinates: | 53.35°N 62°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Zubole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzcianne, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-west of Trzcianne, 110NaN0 south-west of Mońki, and 430NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 450 people, among whom 428 were Roman Catholic, 1 Orthodox, and 21 Mosaic. At the same time, 436 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 14 Jewish. There were 81 residential buildings in the village.[2]
During World War II, mass executions of Jews are perpetrated by Germans in Zubole. The Jews were kept in the gravel pit and then in a barn for almost a week before the series of shootings took place. From June 28 until July 1, 1941, approximately 600 Jews from the nearbyshtetl of Trzcianne are murdered.[3]