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
Horochówka
Horochów pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Novyi Zahoriv
Lokachi rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
general info
partly abandoned
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
83
max.:
83
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
01718
date:
1943.07.12
site
description
general info
Horochówka
Shortly before the attack, the Ukrainians hanged all the dogs in Polish farms. On the morning of July 12, they entered the village armed with axes, pitchforks and firearms. They gathered men and boys in one pen and murdered them. Then the women and children were brought into one house, where straw was already spread on the floor, they locked the house and set it on fire. They caught the escaping Aniela Golisz, tied it with barbed wire and threw it into the fire. White pigeons flew over the rubble, and the Ukrainians said that they were the souls of Poles. 48 victims are known by name. In 1943, the plague of mice devoured the grain stolen by the local Ukrainians. In 1944, the crops were ravaged by the war front. In 1945, Horochówka was destroyed by a tornado. Only 1 Pole and 2 daughters survived the slaughter, expatriated in 1945 just before the whirlwind.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siemaszko Ewa, Bereza Tomasz, „July 1943 in Volhynia”
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
at least 48
min. 48
max. 48
ref. no:
01770
date:
1943.07.13
site
description
general info
Horochówka
On the second day of the attacks, the Ukrainians murdered about 20 Poles, mainly old people and children.
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:
c. 20
min. 20
max. 20
ref. no:
01791
date:
1943.07.14
site
description
general info
Horochówka
On the third day of manhunts and hunts for the Polish population, they murdered at least 15 Poles.
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:
at least 15
min. 15
max. 15
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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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