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
Chmielów
Włodzimierz Wołyński pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Khmeliv
Volodymyr-Volynskyi rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
11
max.:
54
events (incidents)
ref. no:
02769
date:
1943.08
site
description
general info
Chmielów
The UPA murdered several Polish families, 11 victims are known by name, including a 6‑year‑old family named Demuś with 4 children: 7‑year‑old Janina chopped the head off a stump with an ax, 11‑year‑old Witold and 13‑year‑old Stanisław hacked with axes, a 16‑year‑old Kazimierz was beaten with a stake and their mother was stabbed with a bayonet.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
few families, at least 11
min. 11
max. 54
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