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.:
18
max.:
61
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00228
date:
1943.03.18
site
description
general info
Duży Porsk
At the Ukrainian–German pacification, several Polish families were killed, 11 people are known by name.
Elsewhere: „On March 18 and 19 in the manors, villages and settlements of the Hołoby commune, district Kovel, the German military police from Kowel together with the Ukrainian police carried out a «purge» of among Poles, murdering 206 people, including children and women. In individual towns the following people were murdered: Byteń – 46 people, Chobut – 10 people, Wielick – 45 people, Gończybród – 13 people, Porsk Duży – 12 people”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. dr hab. Filar Władysław, „Volhynia in 1939-1944”; in: Wolak Tadeusz (ed.), „Before the Operation Vistula, there was Wołyń”, World Association of Home Army AK Soldiers, in: Warsaw, 1997
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
few families, at least 11
min. 11
max. 54
ref. no:
00518
date:
1943.04.14
site
description
general info
Duży Porsk
The UPA shot Władysław Cholewa and his wife Anastasia.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – April 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: btx.home.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
02143
date:
1943.07
site
description
general info
Duży Porsk
The Ukrainians murdered 5 Poles, including the 4–person family of the blacksmith Świerczyński, Świerszczyński (with his wife and 2 sons).
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
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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.
- English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
- Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
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