The Ukrainians murdered about 50 Poles. „Białystok – a Ukrainian village, eight kilometers south of Torczyn, including three kilometers from the Jamka colony, and ~ 25 km from Lutsk  […] the German administration started to organize a large farm in Białystok, «Liegenschaft», from three farms (Dulski, Bujalski and Krutia), located next to each other. So, we were asked (in case of refusal they will issue an order) to change our place of stay from Białystok to Jamki  […] Poles, future employees of a newly established farm in Białystok, after unloading their home appliances, helped us transport our belongings to Jamki  […] The Poles who lived in our house in Białystok in 1943 were murdered and burned. Out of ~ 50 people, only two children survived: a six‑year‑old boy and a girl. The boy slipped away and hid in the gooseberry. The next day, the farm workers took care of the children and took them to Torczyn. The remains of the burnt bodies were thrown into the basement and they still rest there. Currently, in the place of the described tragedy, there is a well left, and next to it there are modest buildings in which Ukrainians live and pretend that they do not know anything about this tragedy. Subconsciously, I am convinced that the organized farm «Liegenschaft» forced us to make an effort to change the place of residence, but it protected my family from the tragedy and that is why I feel anxious about the concealment of the tragic death of ~ 50 people ”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Bujalski Ryszard, July 2009; in: portal: Volhynia pages — web page: free.of.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]

Mrs. Irena (Piliszewska – note by S.Ż) told about the fate of her father's family. They caught up with them the night before. My father's youngest brother, Ryszard, was then 16 years old. He was a liaison in Polish self–defense units. He spent a lot of time in the woods, often at night. When he was no longer at home, his father would put him food under a bush near the village. On the night of July 10–11: – Suddenly, my uncle heard a shrill scream from the village. He ran there, went to the house. His father stood in the window and saw him. He was about to jump out of that window. But at that moment a Ukrainian ran up to him from behind, with all his strength thrust a scythe into his back. In front of his uncle, his father's body fell to the ground in front of the house. From another room came the shrill scream of his sister Stasia. She was 25 years old. She begged for her life. Suddenly the scream stopped. Later, my uncle found a resident of the village. She told that Stasia was literally cut to pieces. They punctured her head and the heads of other Poles on a perch and put it on the road running through the village. Twenty–two heads in all.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Szymczak Damian, „Do soldiers walk with cleavers”; in: „Gazeta Polska”, in: July 23, 2008

Next Sunday, when the faithful were leaving the church in Torczyn, there was a cart with two boxes – coffins and two men – on the church square. One of them said: we brought people from the estate in Białystok, who were murdered and burned. My guess is that the victims were buried in the cemetery in Torczyn, which was completely destroyed after 1945. A walking park with a monument „Sława to heroes 1941 – 1945” was established here. In 2006, a chapel and plaques with the names of the parish residents were erected on the former cemetery. Survivor: Ryszard Piliszewski, s/o Andrzej, born on in 1927 – an eyewitness to the torture of sister Stanisława and father Andrzej. „My father Ryszard survived only because he was not at home then.” – Grażyna Piliszewska–Niebylecka. Murdered: Andrzej Piliszewski, Albin Piliszewski, 21.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Bujalski Ryszard, July 2009; in: portal: Volhynia pages — web page: free.of.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]