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
Beskid
Lesko pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Lesko cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
general info
locality abandoned
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
10
max.:
12
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
09294
date:
1945.01
site
description
general info
Beskid
An employee of the „sawmill in the Beskid”, named Demarko, a descendant of an Italian mason who built a forest railway in the Bieszczady Mountains years ago, and his son were murdered by the UPA,
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1945”; 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:
09706
date:
1945.04.03
site
description
general info
Beskid
The UPA murdered a Polish family of four.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Żurek Stanisław, „UPA in Bieszczady”, in: ed. II, Nortom publishing house, Wroclaw 2010, p. 61
It was one of the Meinardi families, Polonized Italian descendants, builders of the Bieszczady railway, owners of a large sawmill.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
10919
date:
1946.03.23
site
description
general info
Beskid
In the village of Smerek, poviat Lesko, during the fight of the Polish Army platoon with the UPA, 2 or 3 soldiers were killed, 2 or 3 were abducted and murdered, while 3 were wounded. The soldiers withdrew to Wetlina, encircled by the UPA. A liaison officer, the Ukrainian whose wife — because she was Polish — and the son for hiding from conscription into the UPA, were murdered by the UPA, brought help.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4—6
min. 4
max. 6
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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.
- English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
- Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
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