The family of the head of the post office was murdered by Ukrainians: Ignacy Tkaczecki, 40, his wife Helena, 35, their daughter Danuta, 10 and their son Fryderyk, 8.

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

Ludomir Drohomirecki, a local surveyor was murdered by the Banderites in front of his wife and children. As they were leaving, the bandits announced (witness – s/o Romuald): „your turn will come”.

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

source: Borzęcki Jacek, „A house drenched in blood”; in: „Gazeta Polska”, in: July 11, 2012

The Ukrainians murdered 1 Pole and the families of gamekeepers and foresters near the town.

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

[The Ukrainians] murdered several Polish families, including the Wołoszyn family of 13 (parents and their 11 children). The witness, then 13‑year‑old Romuald Drohomirecki, says: „That night, almost all Poles in Deraźno and the surrounding area were murdered. In the morning I got out of the house and ran to the post office to see my friend Fredek Kaczyński. What I saw there was terrifying: Mrs. Kaczyńska lay on the threshold with her head cut in half. Fredek was lying in the kitchen, his head also smashed, covered in blood, but his eyes were open. Grandma was lying on the bed in the kitchen with her head disrupted. Mr. Kaczyński, who was shot, was slung over the sill, with the window open. In the room by the wall, in a half—lying position, I saw Danusia, Fredek's sister, only in a torn shirt, with her belly slit open, from the breast down, so hard that you could see the intestines. Her legs were twisted strangely. She was still making hoarse moans — she had to tire a long time before she died. I didn't understand some things then, today I suppose that before the murder she could have been raped and then brutally murdered. Blood everywhere on the floor and walls, the whole house drenched in blood. I stood numb with fear and trembling with fear. I was afraid to touch anything. I didn't even know how to get out of this house. After a while, the Ukrainian women came. Some lamented, others plundered. Even in the yard they caught poultry that screamed away in all directions. A Polish girl, probably Danusia's friend, also came. She was crying a lot too and was shaking with fear. Finally, with some instinct, I broke free from this horror and, crying dumbfounded, ran to my house. A priest came to us. I was so scared that I couldn't get a word out and kept crying. And they kept asking me what I saw there. When I finally told, my mother and the priest couldn't believe it and immediately went to see it with their own eyes. When they returned, my mother was crying terribly, and the priest said that funerals had to be organized. He opened the church and soon the surviving Poles from the city and its vicinity began to come, as well as some Ukrainians. Massacred bodies of murdered Poles began to be brought near the church in carts. Frozen in horrible torments, the bodies of adults and children seemed to be sculptures from a hellish horror movie. Stiff in tragic poses, they did not want to fit into wooden crates packed in a hurry. Almost all of the children had shattered heads and broken hands and feet. Many girls and young women had their bellies cut. They were covered with sheets, which quickly turned red. After a short prayer, the priest ordered the bodies of the victims to be transported to a nearby cemetery as soon as possible to be buried. Today it is difficult to say how many were murdered. They were lying in many rows of a dozen or so people. I think there were about 70 or 80 bodies there. Two huge pits were dug at the cemetery near the fence, on the left side of the cemetery, and the mass burial was carried out in a hurry”.

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

source: Borzęcki Jacek, „A house drenched in blood”; in: „Gazeta Polska”, in: July 11, 2012

The Ukrainians murdered three Poles: they killed Jan Walik with an ax and murdered his wife and 5‑year‑old nephew.

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