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Roman Catholic parish
St Sigismund
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese
Poland

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    St Sigismund church, Słomczyn
    source: own resources
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    XIX century, feretry
    St Sigismund church, Słomczyn
    source: own resources
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GENOCIDIUM ATROX

GENOCIDE perpetrated by UKRAINIANS on POLES

Data for 1943–1947

Site

II Republic of Poland

Klewań

Równe pov., Volhynian voiv.

contemporary

Klevan'

Rivne rai., Rivne obl., Ukraine

Murders

Perpetrators:

Ukrainians

Victims:

Poles

Number of victims:

min.:

16

max.:

21

Location

link to GOOGLE MAPS

events (incidents)

ref. no:

08868

date:

1943–1944

site

description

general info

Klewań

The UPA murdered a 42‑year‑old Pole.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 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:

04290

date:

1943

site

description

general info

Klewań

The UPA members murdered three Polish boys, aged 10–12, grazing cattle on the outskirts of the town.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; 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:

00385

date:

1943.03

site

description

general info

Klewań

Forester Adam Stencel was kidnapped with three daughters and two son–in–law (one of them is forester Zdzisław Nowaliński) to the forest by the UPA and all of them were brutally murdered there.

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

source: Orłowski Edward, „Foresters who died during the war and persecution in 1938-1949 in Eastern Lesser Poland and the post-war Rzeszów region”; in: Regional Directorate of State Forests in Krosno — web page: www.krosno.lasy.gov.pl [accessible: 2021.01.29]

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

6

min. 6

max. 6

ref. no:

00967

date:

1943.05

site

description

general info

Klewań

The Ukrainians on German service shot 18‑year‑old Stefan Podlewski, who had been arrested in the village of Susk.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 1943”; 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:

00968

date:

1943.05

site

description

general info

Klewań

The UPA together with Ukrainian policemen from Kleanów were ambushed on the evacuation column of Poles, protected by the platoon Schutzmannschaftsbatailln 202, composed of Poles – 5 Poles were killed in the fight.

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

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

5

min. 5

max. 5

ref. no:

03099

date:

1943.06–1943.09

(summer)

site

description

general info

Klewań

between/on the road between

Równe

My aunt lived in Klewan, while escaping to Rivne, they were attacked by a Ukrainian gang and murdered. Five people who were riding the wagon died then, only the younger ones who went on foot survived.

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

source: Giszczak Petronela nee Raczyńska, „Memories from Volhynia - Witosówka and its surroundings”; in: portal: Volhynia pages — web page: free.of.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

5

min. 5

max. 5

ref. no:

02807

date:

1943.08

site

description

general info

Klewań

[The Ukrainians] murdered an unspecified number of Poles, one group defended themselves in the church.

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

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

unknown

ref. no:

03931

date:

1943.09–1943.12

(autumn)

site

description

general info

In Volhynia, there were 9 partisan units of the Home Army:
1. Division „Suns” (then „Blood Moon”). – had 107 partisans, he was in Przebraż. On November 6, 1943, the commander of Sec. Jan Rerutko „Drzazga” was murdered by Soviet partisans. On November 10, Lt. Sigismud Kulczycki „Olgierd” became the commander, the unit increased to 170 partisans and moved to Pańska Dolina.
2. Branch „Jastrząb” – consisted of about 150 partisans and operated in the area of the village of Zasmyki – Kupiczów.
3rd Unit „Sokol” – consisted of about 120 partisans and operated together with „Jastrzębie”.
4. Unit „Cord” – consisted of about 80 partisans and operated in the area of the village of Rymacze – Jagodzin.
5. Detachment of „Peter” – had about 80 partisans and operated in the area of the village of Spaszczyzna – Bielin.
6. Unit „Bomba”, „Wujek” – had about 500 partisans and operated in the village of Stara Huta.
7. Unit „Gzyms” – consisted of about 80 partisans and operated in the area of the village of Stójło – Witoldówka.
8. „Strzemien” unit – had about 100 partisans and was active in the village of Rudnia Lwa, at the end of 1943 it merged with „Bomba” unit.
9. „Ryszard”'s unit – consisted of about 80 partisans and operated in the area of the village of Lubomirka – Klewan.
The troops totaled about 1,200 partisans, Polish self–defense in Volhynia had about 3,600 poorly armed people. UPA units numbered over 30,000 armed shooters.

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

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

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EXPLANATIONs

  1. 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.
  2. The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
  3. English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
  4. Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
  5. General explanations ⇒ click HERE.
  6. Assumptions as to the number of victims ⇒ click HERE.