Bolesław / Strzelecki / – born in 1905, lived with his father in a house in Kałusz. It was also there that he met his future Ukrainian wife, Katarzyna Humen. Despite his parents' objections, he married her in 1924. He had an only son, Zenon, born on in 1930 and five daughters. I know from my grandfather's stories that in 1943 he died at the hands of the Ukrainians. His nearly 15‑year‑old son also died with him. They were both surrounded by Banderites and drowned in the marshes near Kalush.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: dr Strzetelski Piotr, „A forester from Kadobna near Kałusz and his sons” — web page: piotrstrzetelski.blogspot.com [accessible: 2011.02.01]

The Banderites murdered a Pole, a forester. „22.I.44 Kalush. Forester Kazimierz Hawranek” was murdered.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 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

23.I.44. Kalush. Hagel Kalikat, forester, murdered.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 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

Henryk (Benedykt, Tadeusz) of three names was the youngest s/o my great–grandfather Kazimierz Strzetelski. He was born on July 12, 1918 in Kadobna, just before the end of World War I and on the eve of regaining independence by Poland. After graduating from high school, Henryk begins veterinary studies at the Academy of Veterinary Medicine in Lviv. Unfortunately, the outbreak of the war prevented him from completing his studies. From the stories of my grandfather Czesław and from my father's account, I know that Henryk was murdered by Ukrainian nationalists (UPA gangs) near Kałusz at the beginning of 1944, at the age of 26. The brutality and cruelty of the Ukrainians manifested themselves in the fact that the torturers hung Henryk by his legs from a tree and opened his belly. His fiancée, whose tormentors cut off her breasts, probably also died with him.

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

source: dr Strzetelski Piotr, „A forester from Kadobna near Kałusz and his sons” — web page: piotrstrzetelski.blogspot.com [accessible: 2011.02.01]

The Banderites kidnapped the 4–person family of count. Dzieduszycki and murdered in the nearby forest, AL Sowa states (p. 235) that in the town of Kałusz the Banderites murdered 230 Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 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. 235

Sowa… op. cit. mentions the murders of Poles: Wolica – 40 Polish families, Zawoja near Sokal – 26 Poles, Kałusz – 230 Poles, Sielce near Żółkiew – 150 Polish families.

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

At the beginning of March, the Ukrainians robbed horses, carts and grain, and murdered 3 Poles on the road from Kałusz town to Tomaszowce village, n. Kopanki village. .

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

„On the second day of Ukrainian Easter”, the Ukrainians murdered 8 Poles.

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

At the end of April, in the Zalesie estate, the Banderites murdered 13 Poles, including 4 women.

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

In the suburbs, they burned down 2 houses and murdered 7 Poles. „On June 26 this year. there was an attack on the workers' colony «Tespu» Nowy Kałusz / pod Kałuszem /. The perpetrators were dressed in German uniforms. Killed: Warchoł Józef of Humenowo, a Tespu worker, his wife Ewa, his son antoni, b. 1931; Puzio Michał, a worker and 3 other people of the unknown name”.

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

source: „1944, July 17 - Letter from PolKO in Stanisławów to the Director of RGO Kraków containing a list of perpetrators identified during the attack on the village of Byszów and a list of subsequent victims among the Polish population”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/1, p. 345—347

In the suburbs near Wysoczanka, the UPA murdered 5 Poles.

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

In the suburbs, they shot 21‑year‑old Antoni Żak from the village of Dąbrowa.

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

Witness Włodzimierz Bogucki: „In one of the actions we found ourselves in a housing estate near Kałusz. A priest crucified on the barn door and hooks with harrows instead of nails. The priest's housekeeper cut up, the organist sawed in half, a baby torn in the bushes  […] It is often accused that BCh and Home Army AK units behaved similarly towards Ukrainians. However, somehow I did not find clear evidence anywhere. But I remember that on our way back from this town full of victims, we found a mine that we wanted to blow up on the farm of Stefan Bandera's relatives. Our commander banned us, unless someone shoots us. He said we were the military, not the” gang.

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

source: Chajewski Dariusz, „Your Borderlands: We cannot forget the Volhynia massacre”; in: portal: Gazeta Lubuska — web page: www.gazetalubuska.pl [accessible: 2013.07.09]

at the end of 1944, they murdered at least 14 Poles, including families and a couple who were 80 years old. „Antoni Żak – born. 1922 lived in Kałusz. He had ties to «strings» (Russian Istrebitielnyy battalions). He was shot by his fellow The Ukrainians during an operation in the suburbs of Kalush”.

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

source: Burdzy Franciszek; in: „Notebooks from Łuków”, in: No. 11—12, October 2005 - December 2006 — web page: www.waly.brzegdolny.pl [accessible: 2022.04.06]

Our father's sister, Karolina, called Lola in the family, married Kazimierz Strzetelski very young  […] The Strzetelskis had the following children: Erazm, a forestry engineer, murdered by the Ukrainians in 1944 in the Dolina forest district  […] Henryk, murdered by the Ukrainians in 1944 near Kałusz. „I knew Ercia very well, because he lived with us when he was studying at the Faculty of Forestry of the Lviv Polytechnic. He graduated and worked in the Dolina Forest District in the Eastern Carpathians. There he was killed by the Ukrainians”.

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

source: Nadachowska-Fulińska Ewa, „Ordinary and unusual stories, but always true”; in: portal: To live in interesting times – Lviv before and during the war — web page: httpwwwzycwciekawychczasach.blogspot.com [accessible: 2010.03.01]

The Ukrainians murdered about 50 Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

My name is Ewa and I am looking for any information about my great–grandparents and grandparents living in the vicinity of Kałusz or Stanisław (until 1943–1945), my grandmother née Kasperska, name Cecylia was murdered by Ukrainian gangs, orphaned three children: Helena, Bogusława and Mieczysław (twins born in 1940 or 1941). I know there was a family living in these areas. Please let me know, for which I would like to thank you in advance by e–mail.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Komańska Ewa, July 13, 2013