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
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
25
max.:
25
events (incidents)
ref. no:
04218
date:
1943
site
description
general info
Druchowa
At the beginning of 1943, they murdered 7 Poles; one of the women was slaughtered in bed, the other one was thrown into a well.
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:
00634
date:
1943.04
site
description
general info
Druchowa
[The Ukrainians] murdered a Polish family of six during a dinner: Antoni Płomiński, 4 of his children and his grandmother; They placed the bodies behind the barn and burned them. Płomiński's wife Anna, who at that time was in the barn and ran away, survived. Others: „One day in May 1943, Grandma Ania gave the whole family dinner and went to the barn to milk the cows. Hemp grew between the house and the barn. After some time, she heard that something was going on at home. She jumped in the hemp and saw that her Ukrainian daughter—in—law was leaving the house with a child in her arms and running away. After a few minutes, a ladder wagon pulled up and the gang was taking out the corpses of the ax, the husband, sons and daughters. They took them to the forest and burned the corpses with the wagon. I know that grandma Ania lived in Rawicz after the war. She survived everything and died an old woman. Then the Ukrainians murdered: 1. NN. Płomiński, father of the family, Ania's husband. 2. Józef Płomiński, older son. 3. NN. Płomiński, younger son. 4. Aniela Płomińska, daughter. 5. Genia Płomińska, daughter”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – April 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: btx.home.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Bielecka Helena nee Szczurowska; in: „In the Outlands”, in: No. 48/2000
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
00947
date:
1943.05
site
description
general info
Druchowa
Apart from the Poles murdered in Mały Siedliszcze, which I was an eyewitness to, I know that other Poles were also murdered, including my distant relatives in the village of Druchowa, Ludwipol commune, Kostopol county. The village of Druchowa was located about 17 km north of Mały Siedliszcze and had over 200 homesteads. The sister of Teofila Szczurowska's grandmother, Anna Płomińska née Wereda, lived there with her family: her husband, two sons, two daughters (Aniela and Genia), and a Ukrainian daughter–in–law with a child. The older son Józef was married to a Ukrainian. What was the name of the younger son, I do not remember. One day in May 1943, Grandma Ania gave the whole family dinner and went to the barn to milk the cows. Hemp grew between the house and the barn. After some time, she heard that something was going on at home. She jumped in the hemp and saw that her Ukrainian daughter–in–law was leaving the house with a child in her arms and running away. After a few minutes, a ladder wagon pulled up and the gang was taking out the corpses of the ax, the husband, sons and daughters. They took them to the forest and burned the corpses with the wagon. I know that grandma Ania lived in Rawicz after the war. She survived everything and died an old woman. Then the Ukrainians murdered them:
NN. Płomiński, father of the family, husband of Ania
Józef Płomiński, older son
NN. Płomiński, younger son
Aniela Płomińska, daughter
Genia Płomińska, daughter.
Finally, a short reflection of the author of the account: „Slowly, this generation, so terribly experienced during the last war, is dying out. History will always twist something in terms of the system, boundaries and forgiveness for the benefit of the next generations. But these wounds and murders, even in the grave, should scream the truth. I cannot understand and no one will convince me how it is possible that in free Poland the highest state authorities are silent about the tragedy of genocide committed by the Ukrainians against Poles in the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic during the Second World War. Several hundred thousand of our countrymen were brutally murdered there, including women, children and the elderly just for being Poles. Until today, this crime has not been condemned by the Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland and the criminals have not been punished. And many of them are still alive. To complete the humiliation of Poles, monuments are erected for UPA murderers on Polish soil! Is it possible in a country other than Poland? My heart hurts when I think about it!”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Bielecka Helena nee Szczurowska, „I was a witness”; in: „In the Outlands”, in: No. 48/2000
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
ref. no:
02779
date:
1943.08
site
description
general info
Druchowa
The Ukrainians murdered 7 Poles, including the Weruch family of 4.
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:
7
min. 7
max. 7
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