Roman Catholic parish
St Sigismund
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese
Poland
GENOCIDE perpetrated by UKRAINIANS on POLES
Data for 1943–1947
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
11
max.:
11
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
07308
date:
1944.06.09
site
description
general info
Bereżanka
I found on the internet the website of Mr. Stankiewicz (www.stankiewicze.pl/ludobojstwo/tarnopolskie) with lists of victims of the Banderite genocide in this part of Podolia and a map of your authorship with marked towns of the Tarnopol Province, of which there is no data on this subject. As a person born in Bereżanka (on the Zbrucz) district Borszczów (02/01/1944), I was intrigued that my town is listed on this map as „white spot”. So I feel obliged to fill this stain as much as possible. From my mother's stories, I know that we both often sheltered for the night in the town of Skała, 3 km away, where there was a German and later a Soviet military post, and therefore it was a bit safer there. At that time my father was in the war. Well, from the testimony of my parents Anna and Michał Tokar, Permanent residents of the then Berezhanka, who now, despite their old age (father 94, mother 88), thank God, still enjoy relatively good physical health and good memories, I will mention the names of Poles and The Ukrainians killed by Ukrainian nationalists. Those are:
1. Żołyńska Anna (wife of Albina), 40 – 29 September 1944 – Bereżanka
2. Żołyński Bronisław (Anna's brother–in–law), approx. 38 – 9 June 1944 – Bereżanka
3. Harasym Mikołaj (Ukrainian, silrada worker), around 40 – 1945 – Bereżanka
4. NN (Ukrainian – Hucułka, secretary of the silrada) – June 9, 1944 – Bereżanka
There were no more victims in Berezhanka, at least until July 1945, i.e. the time we left there.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Tokar Jan, in: Wroclaw
H. Komański et Sz. Siekierka do not record any reports from the village of Bereżanka, county Borschiv.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
07734
date:
1944.08.03
site
description
general info
Bereżanka
The Upowcy murdered 1 Pole, a former community secretary, and 1 Ukrainian.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – August 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
08021
date:
1944.09.29
site
description
general info
Bereżanka
From the testimony of my parents Anna and Michał Tokar, permanent residents of Bereżanka at that time […] I will quote the names of Poles and The Ukrainians killed by Ukrainian nationalists. They are: 1. Żołyńska Anna (wife of Albina), 40 – September 29, 1944 – Bereżanka. 2. Żołyński Bronisław (Anna's brother–in–law), approx. 38 – 9 June 1944 – Bereżanka.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Tokar Jan, in: Wroclaw
H. Komański et Sz. Siekierka do not record any reports from this village.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
08485
date:
1944.11
site
description
general info
Bereżanka
The Ukrainians murdered a Pole, a former commune administrator, and a Russian officer.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
08339
date:
1944.11.08
site
description
general info
Bereżanka
The Banderites hanged 2 teachers on the trees: a Pole and a Ukrainian.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
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EXPLANATIONs
- Lack of info about the perpetrators in the description of a given event (Incident) indicates that the blame should be attributed to the perpetrators listed in general info section.
- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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