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
Bezmiechowa Górna
Lesko pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Lesko cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Poles
Victims:
Ukrainians
Number of victims:
min.:
5
max.:
5
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
13
max.:
13
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
11711
date:
1944.09.15–1946.12.19
site
description
general info
Bezmiechowa Górna
Data of the OUN 'Sławek' reporter from the V district of 'Chłodny Jar' in District I of the Zakerzonya Region about 5 Ukrainians from Bezmiechowa Górna from the list of 31 victims of the murders of various armed formations of the Republic of Poland in this area:
„List of passages by Polish–Bolshevik gangs from front until December 31, 1946
[…] 18. Melnyk Iwan — 75 years old, from Bezmiechowa Górna, shot on September 18, 1945 during the resettlement action by the Polish Army from Lesko (on the stove, he did not want to go east);
Melnyk Anastazija — years old 60, from Bezmiechowa Górna, shot on September 18, 1945 during the resettlement action by the Polish Army from Lesko (in bed, she did not want to go east);
Melynk Petro — 30, from Bezmiechowa Górna, shot on September 18, 1945 during the resettlement action by Polish Army from Lesko (at home, he did not want to go east);
Bariła Wasyl — aged 50, from Bezmiechowa Górna, shot on September 18, 1945 during the resettlement action p by the Polish Army from Lesko, when he escaped to the forest;
Barczak Atanas — 50, from Bezmiechowa Górna, shot on September 18, 1945 during the resettlement action by the Polish Army from Lesko (in his yard);
Stopover, March 27, 1947 'Sławko'”
source: „Spys pomordowanych wid perechodu frontu do 31 XII 46 czerez polśko-bolszewyćki bandy”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 23, sh. 208
source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]
Excerpt from the statistical study of the OUN regional political clerk on the Ukrainian victims of the armed formations of the Republic of Poland in the area of the 5th 'Chłodny Jar' district in the 1st District of the Zakerzonya Region: […]
„14. Bezmiechowa Górna — 5 […]
Stopover, December 15, 1946, H‑m”
source: „Chołodnyj Jar'O. V. Statystyczni dani na deń 30 weresnia 1946”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 3, sh. 122
source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]
perpetrators
Poles
victims
Ukrainians
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
ref. no:
10193
date:
1945.07.30
site
description
general info
Bezmiechowa Górna
The Ukrainians murdered 4 Poles, including the village leader, a 23‑year‑old woman and a policeman.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 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:
10470
date:
1945.12.03
site
description
general info
Bezmiechowa Górna
The UPA massacred 6 Poles, including Jan Baraniewicz, the mayor and 24‑year‑old Julia Derewiecka.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
11347
date:
1946.12.03
site
description
general info
Bezmiechowa Górna
The UPA murdered 3 Poles: a policeman Edward Horniatkiewicz, his fiancée Eugenia Derewecka, b. 1921 and Jurek Derewecki.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1946 and in 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.28]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
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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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