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
Hucisko Brodzkie
Brody pov., Tarnopol voiv.
contemporary
Brody rai., Lviv obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
185
max.:
185
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00085
date:
1943.02.13
site
description
general info
Hucisko Brodzkie
The Ukrainians murdered no less than 2 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – February 1943”; 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]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
at least 2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
04070
date:
1943.12
site
description
general info
Hucisko Brodzkie
December 30, 1943. Now they are still murdering somewhere […] And the graves of 28 people were found in Hucisko Brodzki.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Danyluk-Żabska Danuta Krystyna, „Danusia's diaries” — web page: www.brodzianie.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
H. Komański et Sz. Siekierka […] mention only the murder of 55 Poles on February 13, 1944.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004, p. 65—66
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
28
min. 28
max. 28
ref. no:
05004
date:
1944.02.13
site
description
general info
Hucisko Brodzkie
13.II. Hucisko Brodzkie. On Sunday, during the Holy Mass, a gang of 600 people attacked. The Poles defended themselves for 2 hours, German soldiers from Wołoch came to the rescue with 3 tanks. The gang consisted of The Ukrainians from Volhynia (including the commander who died) and local peasants from the villages of: Baratyn, Hołybica, Pieniaki. The gang lost +/– 100 people (the deac and brothers Martyniuki and Litowiak were among the fallen). After the attack, the Poles fled to Brody, only the elderly remained at home.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1944. February - March - Lists of murders and attacks on the Polish population drawn up in the RGO in Lviv on the basis of reports from the area”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16722/2, p. 219—253
Kulińska L., Roliński A.: The anti–Polish action of Ukrainian nationalists in Eastern Lesser Poland in the light of the documents of the Central Welfare Council 1943–1944, Kraków 2003, on p. 359 indicate that there were 150 Polish victims in total; Władysław Kubów lists 57 victims, ranging from 9–month–old Jan Olszański to 90‑year‑old Janina Hanicka.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Kubów Władysław, „Terrorism in Podolia”, in: Warsaw 2003
On February 20, there was a second robbery.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
150
min. 150
max. 150
ref. no:
05092
date:
1944.02.21
site
description
general info
Hucisko Brodzkie
The Ukrainians murdered 5 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. Sowa Andrzej Leon, „Polish-Ukrainian relations 1939-1947”; in: Society of History Supporters, in: Krakow 1998, p. 234
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
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