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
Horaj (Goraj)
Rawa Ruska pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Tomaszów Lubelski cou., Lublin voiv., Poland
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
24
max.:
24
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
10697
date:
1945
site
description
general info
Horaj (Goraj)
I Horaj settlement in Rava Ruska county The Ukrainians murdered 12 Poles, mainly women and children.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
12
min. 12
max. 12
ref. no:
10796
date:
1945
site
description
general info
Horaj (Goraj)
In 1945, the Ukrainians murdered Stefan Pluta, s/o Stefan, aged 47. 1898, Julia Pluta aged 45 born. 1900, Bazyli Pluta, s/o Stefan and Julia, 19 born. 1926, Paraskiewie Kopicha, 63, born 1882, Dymitr Kopicha, 65, born 1880, Bazyli Kopichę s/o Dymitr, age 10, 1935, Michał Duda, s/o Mikołaj, age 8, 1937, Mikołaj Duda, 35, born 1910, Katarzyna Nesterak d/o Aleksander, age 10 1935, Maria Nesterak d/o Aleksander aged 15 born 1930, Maria Hryniuk d/o Eliasz aged 15 born 1930, Aleksandra Nesteraka s/o Dymitr born 1905.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
12
min. 12
max. 12
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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.
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