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
Site
II Republic of Poland
Berezowicze
Włodzimierz Wołyński pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Berezovychi
Volodymyr-Volynskyi rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
47
max.:
47
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
02485
date:
1943.08.15
site
description
general info
Berezowicze
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: they murdered with axes, shovels, pitchforks, crowbars etc. at least 45 Poles; 8‑year‑old Irena Chaber hacked off her head on a stump to chop a tree with an ax.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
at least 45
min. 45
max. 45
ref. no:
04878
date:
1944.02.02
site
description
general info
Berezowicze
The Ukrainians murdered 2 Polish women: Stefania Jagielska with her 20‑year‑old daughter Jadwiga.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 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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