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
Chyrów
Dobromil pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Staryi Sambir rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Germans and Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
62
max.:
300
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
45
max.:
45
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00059
date:
1943.01
site
description
general info
In January 1943, Ukrainian policemen with the Germans arrested about 250–300 Poles in Stary Sambor, Felsztyn, Chyrów and Turka. At the beginning of February, they were taken to Lviv, and from there in a transport of about 800 people, to the concentration camp at Majdanek, which survived several people.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th Anniversary of the OUN-UPA genocide – January 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Szczygieł Józef, „I was one of the Lviv transport”; in: „We are witnesses. Memoirs of former Majdanek prisoners”, in: Lublin Publishing House, Lublin 1969, p. 112—146
The „The Ukrainians who were guarding the prisoners at Majdanek wore dark green uniforms with black collars, lapels, shoulder straps and cuffs at” sleeves.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th Anniversary of the OUN-UPA genocide – January 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Szczygieł Józef, „I was one of the Lviv transport”; in: „We are witnesses. Memoirs of former Majdanek prisoners”, in: Lublin Publishing House, Lublin 1969, p. 137—140
perpetrators
Germans and Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
250 – 300
min. 250
max. 300
ref. no:
03992
date:
1943.12.26
site
description
general info
Chyrów
In the Polish house where the wedding was held, OUN militants from the village of Grodowice threw a grenade, killing 7 Poles and injuring 12.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
7
min. 7
max. 7
ref. no:
08919
date:
1944
site
description
general info
Chyrów
[The Ukrainians] kidnapped 15 Poles who went missing without a trace.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
15
min. 15
max. 15
ref. no:
07560
date:
1944.07.02
site
description
general info
Chyrów
The UPA killed 23 Poles with grenades during the wedding.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „Ukrainian guerrilla 1942-1960”, in: Warsaw 2006, p. 390
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
23
min. 23
max. 23
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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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