The Ukrainians murdered 11 Poles: the 5–person Kwaśnicki and Białowąs families and the 17‑year‑old Anna Bieniaszewska.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

The Ukrainians murdered 25‑year‑old Maria Głowacka overnight.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

In the village of Gontowa – Milno, county Zborów The Ukrainians murdered 2 Poles: „Rożek Jan and Zaleski Paweł – shot at the” station.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Głowacki Adolf, „Milno - Gontowa. Information collected from older people - born in Podolia, selected from historical studies and reconstructed from memory”, in: Szczecin 2008

The murdered were: Maria Miazgowska, 70, Rokoń Jan, 55, Szeliga Bronisława (Olszewska), 35, Eugenia, 35, Tekla, 45, Zaleski Paweł.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Kubów Władysław, „Terrorism in Podolia”, in: Warsaw 2003

The Banderites murdered 4 Poles, they were: Katarzyna Dobrowolska, Maria Bieniaszewska, Letki Paweł, Olejnik Piotr.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Głowacki Adolf, „Milno - Gontowa. Information collected from older people - born in Podolia, selected from historical studies and reconstructed from memory”, in: Szczecin 2008

The Ukrainians murdered 15 Poles; incl. near the chapel they killed 70‑year‑old Miazgowska and, after being tortured, 40‑year‑old Anna Olszewska, whom they stuck a stake in the crotch. Others: no less than 25 people.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: „The investigation into the crime of genocide by Ukrainian nationalists aimed at the total destruction of the Polish population in 1939—1945 in the Zborów and Brody poviats, voivodship Tarnopol”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: ref. No. S 83/09/Zi — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]

Likely victims are: Maria Bieniaszewska – residing in Gontowa 66, Dobrowolska Katarzyna – residing in Gontowa 60, Letki Paweł – residing in Bukowina 171, Olejnik Piotr – residing Gontowa 60.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

The UPA murdered 2 Poles. „Olszewska Anna – residing Gontowa 64 impaled 9 December 1944, Pączek Mikołaj – residing in Gontowa 54, covered with tar and burnt alive on December 9, 1944”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Głowacki Adolf, „Milno - Gontowa. Information collected from older people - born in Podolia, selected from historical studies and reconstructed from memory”, in: Szczecin 2008

The third attack on the village was made by the Bandera followers on December 9, 1944 at 3 p.m  […] Two of the murderers saw us and started shooting at us. One of them hit my mother in the leg so that she fell to the ground. As I ran away, I turned to see one of the bandits standing over my mother  […] The father found my mother's body, she was lying on the ground, dead, without the shoes that the murderers had taken. My father picked up my mother and then noticed that her insides had fallen out of her belly. The murderers also stuck a large stake in her crotch. Two other women died that night in a similarly martyred manner.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Olszewska Józefa, recollections; in: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004, p. 951

The Banderites burned down 60 Polish farms and murdered 9 Poles. „On December 22, the glow of fire engulfed Gontowa. Since there was nothing left outside the buildings, the gang decided to annihilate the village. To liquidate this Polish nest, into which not a single Ukrainian family has ever squeezed in. Several people were killed in this attack, and the village was almost completely burnt down and ended its life. I was still in Gontów with my mother, remembers G. Szeląg, although a lot has already moved to Załozyce. In the evening we gathered in the middle of the village under the mountain and took turns to keep watch. Every suspicious move drove us out of our warm house to the frost. On that memorable evening, when the first shots were fired, we headed across the mountain to the forest. We look there and a man comes out of the bushes. A bandit, because someone else could be in the forest. But we hear him calling in Polish: «Come closer, don't be afraid». It turned out to be Szczepko Olejnik. When he was in Gontów once and escaping, he arrived here a while before us. We watched the burning village, how the fire spreads and consumes our houses – how our village is dying. Selo, which recently healed the last war wounds. We stood there as if paralyzed, unable to cry, but the tears were rolling down our cheeks. When the flames spread over the whole village, the plane came and it circled for quite a long time around this terrible fire. From here, along the road through the fields, we went to Bukovina. We returned to the site of the fire in the morning. That night, Maciej Zawadzki was burnt in the shed, Stefcia Szeliga at home, and Rozalia Miazgowska had her head cut off and stuck on the fence. This plane is no accident. The same one was circling around Bukowina and Kamionka during the attack on November 11. So, a simple conclusion is drawn: the authorities were aware of the planned attacks and the Banderite decisions to burn down the village. He must have taken photos and collected evidence of the crime. After this attack, Gontowa was completely deserted. Its last inhabitants also moved to Załozce, as did the Polish population of Milna”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Głowacki Adolf, „On Christmas Eve, Gontowa made a sacrifice”; in: „Borderlands Information Service”, in: No. 12/2011

Two days after Gontowa was burnt, a few carts went to the site to collect buried supplies. Moreover, M. Miazgowska and B. Olszewska wanted to donate the surviving equipment and some grain to their relatives from Ditkowce who married the Ukrainians. After loading their belongings, they set off. The expedition seemed safe to them. It was day and in the group of Ukrainian wives. They came across Bandera followers near the forest. A sharp exchange of views ensued. Burdyniuk was especially confident. They fired the first shot at her and then stabbed the others. The women recognized them. Hania Bieniaszewska asked Ivan not to kill, but these people no longer knew the feeling of pity. The mutilated girl groaned for a long time before she died in pain. Burdyniuk was injured, heard everything and later told about these atrocities. Maciej Szeliga heard the shots at the women. When he saw the approaching Banderites, he began to flee through the orchard. They shot him when he climbed over the fence. He hung there until spring. Immediately after Maciej was shot, the robbers surrounded the Szelig family (Tomasz, Anna, Eugeniusz) and three neighbors in the yard. The bandits jumped to the women and asked: „You Polish women?”. Yes, Anna replied. A shot was fired and the woman fell to the ground. They ordered Gienek to remove the military belt. When an argument broke out between them about who was supposed to take him, the boy withdrew behind the building and ran away to Milna. They ordered Tom to take off the felt boots, but the sole broke off when taking them off, so they gave them up. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove off. Tomek buried his wife in the barn. They shot him when he climbed over the fence. He hung there until spring. Immediately after Maciej was shot, the robbers surrounded the Szelig family (Tomasz, Anna, Eugeniusz) and three neighbors in the yard. The bandits jumped to the women and asked: „You Polish women?”. Yes, Anna replied. A shot was fired and the woman fell to the ground. They ordered Gienek to remove the military belt. When an argument broke out between them about who was supposed to take him, the boy withdrew behind the building and ran away to Milna. They ordered Tom to take off the felt boots, but the sole broke off when taking them off, so they gave them up. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove off. Tomek buried his wife in the barn. They shot him when he climbed over the fence. He hung there until spring. Right after Maciej was shot, the robbers surrounded the Szelig family (Tomasz, Anna, Eugeniusz) and three neighbors in the yard. The bandits jumped to the women and asked: „You Polish women?”. Yes, Anna replied. A shot was fired and the woman fell to the ground. They ordered Gienek to remove the military belt. When an argument broke out between them about who was supposed to take him, the boy withdrew behind the building and ran away to Milna. They ordered Tom to take off the felt boots, but the sole broke off when taking them off, so they gave them up. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove away. Tomek buried his wife in the barn. The bandits jumped to the women and asked: „You Polish women?”. Yes, Anna replied. A shot was fired and the woman fell to the ground. They ordered Gienek to remove the military belt. When an argument broke out between them about who was supposed to take him, the boy withdrew behind the building and ran away to Milna. They ordered Tom to take off the felt boots, but the sole broke off when taking them off, so they gave them up. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove off. Tomek buried his wife in the barn. The bandits jumped to the women and asked: „You Polish women?”. Yes, Anna replied. A shot was fired and the woman fell to the ground. They ordered Gienek to remove the military belt. When an argument broke out between them about who was supposed to take him, the boy withdrew behind the building and ran away to Milna. They ordered Tom to take off the felt boots, but the sole broke off when taking them off, so they gave them up. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove off. Tomek buried his wife in the barn. but when removing the sole, the sole broke off, so they gave up on them. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove off. Tomek buried his wife in the barn. but when removing the sole, the sole broke off, so they gave up on them. They just put the box and the grain bags that had just been dug out onto their cart and drove away. Tomek buried his wife in the barn.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Głowacki Adolf, „Murdered by the Ukrainians”; in: portal: Milno in Podilya — web page: www.milno.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]

The following were stabbed to death: Bieniaszewska Anna, Miazgowska Maria, Olszewska Bronisława (all from the village of Gontowa), Olszewska Rozalia Danuta, Szeliga Genowefa, Szeliga Tekla (all from the village of Dębina); and shot dead: Szeliga Anna and Szeliga Maciej (both from the village of Gontowa).

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]