Two Bandera followers entered the presbytery and shot Fr Józef Kopeć. „The first victim, murdered on July 12, 1944 by bandits from Uluczań, was a Roman Catholic priest from Borownica Józef Kopeć. On that day, two bandits from Ulucz visited the priest. They introduced themselves as messengers with a letter from a priest from Tarnawa. One of the bandits reached into his pocket as if for a letter, pulled out a pistol and in front of the hostess he fired a few shots at the priest, killing him on the spot, after which both murderers left the rectory and headed for Ulucz. On the way, Waleria Kozłowska, a resident of Borownica, met these bandits, who recognized one of them because he had a limp on one leg. These bandits were Michał Serednicki and Wasyl Choma, both from Ulucz. On the third day after this heinous crime, the family of a priest from Dynów, escorted by German soldiers, came to Borownica. During the funeral mass, two soldiers were lying with a machine gun in a trench about 30 meters away from the church, thus protecting the funeral participants from a possible attack by the Bandera followers. All the inhabitants of Borownica and Poles from Ulucz were at the funeral mass, among whom I saw my grandfather, Stefan Czebieniak, Jan Polański. After the mass, the funeral procession set out on carts towards Dynów. The procession was accompanied all the way by a German escort. The new priest did not come to Borownica until the end of September 1944”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Zielecki Bronisław, „My Life or The Story of a Pole from Ulucz”, in: Warsaw 2014 — web page: www.ulucz.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

Investigation into the murder of a family of six with unknown names P. in 1945 in Borownica voivodeship Podkarpackie.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: „Investigation into the attack of Ukrainian Insurgent Army UPA units on the village of Borownica, in the Podkarpackie voivodeship, April 20, 1945”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Rzeszów, in: ref. No. S 44/09/Zi

The Banderites kidnapped and murdered 3 Poles. Others: „On the way to Dynów, on February 2, 1945, the Banderites residents of Borownica murdered: Franciszek Budnik, Jan Metyk, Jan Pocałuń and Jan Wójcik”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Brożyniak Artur, „Extermination of Borownica. April 20, 1945”; in: „The voice from the San”, in: No. 21, 2012

The next day, the UPA retaliated and killed seventeen people in Borownica, Jawornik, Dobrzanka, Tarnawka, and Brzezawa.

source: Pisuliński Jan, „The Polish-Ukrainian conflict in the Przemyśl poviat in winter and spring 1945 and the participation of Roman Kisiel 'Vulture' group in it” — web page: www.polska1918-89.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]

During the raid that started at dawn, the UPA robbed and burned 200 buildings and murdered 62 Poles (others: 70 Poles), ranging from 3–month–old Tereska Wójcik to 90‑year‑old Katarzyna Zimoń. Omelan Płeczeń, who took part in the slaughter of Poles, reported that there were about 200 victims.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Pisuliński Jan, „The Polish-Ukrainian conflict in the Przemyśl poviat in winter and spring 1945 and the participation of Roman Kisiel 'Vulture' group in it” — web page: www.polska1918-89.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 255

In retaliation for Polish actions, two UPA satellites attacked Borownica (the only Polish village located on the right „Ukrainian” bank of the San), where the „Blind”'s group was to be stationed. 66 people were killed during this action.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Pisuliński Jan, „The Polish-Ukrainian conflict in the Przemyśl poviat in winter and spring 1945 and the participation of Roman Kisiel 'Vulture' group in it” — web page: www.polska1918-89.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Pisuliński Jan, „The Polish-Ukrainian conflict in the Przemyśl poviat in winter and spring 1945 and the participation of Roman Kisiel 'Vulture' group in it” — web page: www.polska1918-89.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]