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
Borówka
Kostopol pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Kostopil rai., Rivne obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
40
max.:
47
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00197
date:
1943.03.15
site
description
general info
Borówka
The Ukrainians murdered 2 Polish families of 11 people (Bazyli Romaniuk, 6 and Tekla Modrzejewska, 5).
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
11
min. 11
max. 11
ref. no:
00221
date:
1943.03.18
site
description
general info
Borówka
(forester's lodge)
[The Ukrainians] murdered 29 Poles, including were murdered by bulrushes led by Leonid Aleksandruk and Andrej Szejda: gamekeeper Stanisław Lemański, forester Markiewicz and forestry clerk Bronisław Ostrowski, 35, with his son. „According to Mieczysław Kobyłecki's account, in March 1943, Serhiy Kopernik, a Ukrainian, who had a Polish fiancée and 2 brothers belonging to the UPA, warned the inhabitants of the planned attack of the Bandera followers and indicated on which roads there were ambushes for the fleeing population. On March 18, most of the Poles, escorted by 5 members of the Home Army from Janowa Dolina, left in carts to Klewanie in the district of equine. During the night, the nationalists killed the remaining residents (29 people) who did not want to leave the colony”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Testimony of Mieczysław Kobyłecki”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: Acta IPN 27 WDP AK VI/17, sh. 55
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
29
min. 29
max. 29
ref. no:
00356
date:
1943.03
site
description
general info
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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.
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