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
Karolówka
Rohatyn pov., Stanisławów voiv.
contemporary
Rohatyn rai., Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
47
max.:
51
events (incidents)
ref. no:
03630
date:
1943.11.05
site
description
general info
Karolówka
[Karolówka estate] – „On November 5, 1943 the Roman Catholic priest Kowalski in” was murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of genocide – November and fall of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Komański and Siekierka for the Tarnopol province (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2015, vol. 7
Undated: „My grandparents came from Karolówka. Grandfather Wojciech MAREK, grandmother Karolina MAREK née Cooper. They fled the village from the Ukrainians. My grandfather's brother, Andrzej MAREK, went missing without a trace, Antonina's sister was murdered by the Ukrainians of”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of genocide – November and fall of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Andrzej, April 18, 2015; in: portal: BezPrzesady — web page: bezprzesady.com [accessible: 2015.04.18]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2 – 3
min. 2
max. 3
ref. no:
04281
date:
1943
site
description
general info
Karolówka
In 1943 Ludwik Ostrowski was murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Stanisław Jastrzębski for the Lubelskie Voivodeship (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2016, vol. 8
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
05194
date:
1944.02.29
site
description
general info
Karolówka
The inscription under the photo: „Corpses of the Bednarzy brothers, Burdzy and Groszek, murdered by the OUN–UPA genocides in February 1944”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Association for the Commemoration of the Victims of the Crimes of Ukrainian Nationalists in Wrocław — web page: www.stowarzyszenieuozun.wroclaw.pl [accessible: 2001.12.12]
Photo caption: „KAROLÓWKA – region, area Rohatyn, voivodeship stanisławowskie. February 29, 1944 View before the funeral in Łukowiec, after the victims were transported from the forest near Karolówka. Four Polish young men from Karolówka: Burdzy, Groszek and the Bednarz brothers – victims of an attack by UPA terrorists in a roadside forest, where they were hanged on trees, and their horse–drawn carriage was plundered by the attackers”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „The crimes of the fascists from the OUN (UPA) ”; in: portal: The 4th Partition of Poland – September 17, 1939 — web page: www.ivrozbiorpolski.pl [accessible: 2015.01.01]
Others say that the murder took place in the village of Wandolin near Karolówka. „Murder on Wandolin near Łukowiec. The murdered were: Stanisław Bednarz, Władysław Bednarz, Jan Groszek, Kazimierz Burdzy”. Caption above the photo: February 29, 1944 Łukowiec.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Notebooks from Łuków”, in: No. 3, September-October 2003 — web page: www.waly.brzegdolny.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
Mr. Edward Sabat pointed out to me that: while writing about the deaths of Władysław and Stanisław Bednarzy, Kazimierz Burdzi and Jan Groszek, I misused the words „killed” – „These were not people killed” – said Mr. Edward – „it was a hideous murder of boys who went to in his house to the village of Karolówka to get leftover items”. He emphasized that even today families could have a grudge against such a definition of „crimes. These three boys hanging on reins were cut off by your father” – he said. One of the murdered, Kazimierz Burdzy, who probably came to the event and tried to save them, had an ax on his head.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Notebooks from Łuków”, in: No. 3, September-October 2003 — web page: www.waly.brzegdolny.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
A girl who went to her family on her own was also lost on Vandolin – no trace of her was left.
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:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
05986
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Karolówka
Józefa Kűnstler née Kaszowska wrote in Biuletyn Bukaczowiecki No. 3. „I also remember the red night over Karolówka and Piaski. We were still there then, at home during the day, and in hiding at night. Our neighbors were also still at their homes. Karolówka has already left the population. On the critical evening, someone told my father that I had to run away immediately. In the direction of Karolówka and Piaski, there were many carts with banderites and materials for setting fire to them. We immediately ran far enough to be safe. While running away, we saw the flames over the entire Karolówka. Our house was also set on fire. I remember a long string of fire blasting and crackling upwards also over Piaski from Karolówka. The night glowed ominously. That night, my neighbor Bałdyga was burnt in the house. In Karolówka, someone also died in the flames. It was the Image family […] So far, I have repeated the information that Karolówka was burnt down on May 3. Mrs. Maria, d/o Józef Jeniec from Karolówka, claims with certainty that it was a bit different, that Karolówka was burned twice. First – in the second half of March 1944 – from Czerniów and Kołokolin. Then, the deserted and partially ruined village was burnt down also in the part adjacent to Piaski, together with Piaski. It was much later and this part was burned on the Polish May 3rd holiday. This account is in line with the memories of the Ukrainian woman with whom we always live during our stay in Bukaczowce. At that time, her story surprised us immensely. She recalled that as a little girl she saw flowering gardens between the rubble and whole but already deserted and ruined houses in the late spring of 1944. In the light of this information, it became clear that the abandoned and partially burned Karolówka was plundered for a month and a half before finally exterminated”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Parting with Bukaczowce, or a few words about the recent history of that land”; in: portal: Stanisławów – Rewera’s gord — web page: stanislawow.net [accessible: 2021.04.11]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
06744
date:
1944.04
site
description
general info
Karolówka
At the beginning of April, they robbed and burned Polish farms and murdered 20 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
20
min. 20
max. 20
ref. no:
06971
date:
1944.05.03
site
description
general info
Karolówka
The Banderites from the village of Czerniów abducted and murdered 4 Poles, including the elderly married couple Obraz (60 and 65 years old) with a saw.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
07014
date:
1944.05.08
site
description
general info
Karolówka
The Banderites kidnapped 3 Poles from the road, including 2 women, who died without a trace.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
07690
date:
1944.07
site
description
general info
Karolówka
Maria Prucnal née Rędzio was murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Tokarska Krystyna, „List of the murdered” — web page: www.stankiewicze.com [accessible: 2010.01.01]
And Tadeusz Gurdak was kidnapped and disappeared without a trace.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
07700
date:
1944.07
site
description
general info
The Banderites murdered 3 Polish women, 20 and 21 years old.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
07838
date:
1944.07.01–1944.08.31
site
description
general info
Karolówka
Agnieszka Iskra was murdered for about 20 years.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – August 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Tokarska Krystyna, „List of the murdered” — web page: www.stankiewicze.com [accessible: 2010.01.01]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
08995
date:
1944
site
description
general info
Karolówka
Adam the tailor with his wife, about 60/65 years old – from Karolówka, murdered by the Bandera followers at their house in 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: Tokarska Krystyna, „List of the murdered” — web page: www.stankiewicze.com [accessible: 2010.01.01]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
09620
date:
1944.08–1945.03
site
description
general info
Karolówka
(in the vicinity)
The Banderites kidnapped 6 Poles who went missing without a trace, including a woman and a 13‑year‑old boy.
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:
6
min. 6
max. 6
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