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
Dźwiniacz
Zaleszczyki pov., Tarnopol voiv.
contemporary
Dzvynyach
Zalishchyky rai., Ternopil obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
74
max.:
74
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
05724
date:
1944.03.20
site
description
general info
Dźwiniacz
On March 20, 1944 Jakubiszyn, Michał and Mikołaj, farmers, were murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Komański and Siekierka for the Tarnopol province (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2015, vol. 7
On March 21, 1944, a Polish militant attacked the village of Cherepyn and murdered Fr Augustyn Tsebrovsky and some of the village activists, a total of 18 people, 13 were wounded. Oleksandra Tsebrovska's wife was shot crosswise…
source: „The wooden church of the Presentation of the Lord in Cherepin, or the temple that can still be saved”; in: portal: Old Lviv Photos — web page: photo-lviv.in.ua [accessible: 2021.02.12]
After German and Russian invasion of Poland in 09.1939 and start of the II World War, after start of German occupation in 06.1941, during Volhynia genocide on Poles perpetrated by the Ukrainians, murdered by a Polish unit. According to Ukrainian sources 18 people were murdered, among them wife of the priest. The murder was perpetrated by Polish units of Home Army AK from Lviv coming back from a retribution action for murder of all Poles in Tuchne village by Ukrainian genocidal OUN/UPA organization (apparently Greek Catholic priest from a nearby Hlebovichi parish was urging his parishioners — „The Ukrainians cannot have their Easter baskets blessed if they do not liquidate Lakhiv (Poles)”).
source: GTKRK, „Fr Cebrowski Wiktor”; in: portal: «The White Book». Martyrology of the clergy - Poland. XX century (1914-1989), St Sigismund parish in Słomczyn — web page: www.swzygmunt.knc.pl [accessible: 2021.02.12]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
07877
date:
1944.08
site
description
general info
Dźwiniacz
The Ukrainians murdered 2 Poles, including a woman.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – August 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
08231
date:
1944.10
site
description
general info
Dźwiniacz
The following were murdered: Biliński Edward, Czajkowski Henryk, Derengowski N., Kowalska N. and her child, the Olfinier couple, Przyboś Jan, Sianko N., Szpina N., Wyman Marian and 9 people with unknown surnames.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Kubów Władysław, „Terrorism in Podolia”, in: Warsaw 2003
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
20
min. 20
max. 20
ref. no:
08105
date:
1944.10.02
site
description
general info
Dźwiniacz
The UPA massacred 11 Poles and in October, on the property of 17 Poles; 28 Poles in total.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
28
min. 28
max. 28
ref. no:
08700
date:
1944.12.25
site
description
general info
Dźwiniacz
The Ukrainians murdered 22 Poles, workers of the tractor base.
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:
22
min. 22
max. 22
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