At the end of December 1944, the following people were murdered in the forester's lodge: 1–4. Narożnowski Paweł and Katarzyna and their children Jan 12 and Maria 3.

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

On December 4, in Kniazyce, they murdered the Polish family of Paweł Narożnowski (parents and 2 children – Paweł, Katarzyna, Jan), and one or two children were injured (Feliks and Edward). Paweł Narożnowski (incorrectly Piotr), aged 45, Pole, watchman – forest worker (Krasiczyn Forest District), temporarily living in Kniażycach. Murdered on the night of December 3, 1944 in Kniazyce by Ukrainian nationalists. Most of the Narożnowski family (parents and 2 children) were murdered during the attack. The next 2 injured children: Feliks (born 1934) and Edward (born 1936) survived the attack. He is buried in a mass grave at the parish cemetery in Kniazyce. Katarzyna Narożnowska, (née Gierczak), 42 years old. Polish woman, temporarily living in Kniazyce. Murdered on the night of December 3, 1944 in Kniazyce by Ukrainian nationalists. She is buried in a mass grave in the parish cemetery in Kniazyce. Jan Narożnowski, aged 14, born on in Korytniki (?), a child temporarily living in Kniazyce. Murdered on the night of December 3, 1944 in Kniazyce by Ukrainian nationalists. He is buried in a mass grave at the parish cemetery in Kniazyce. Irena Narożnowska (incorrectly Maria), 3–4 years old, a child temporarily living in Kniazyce. Murdered on the night of December 3, 1944 in Kniazyce by Ukrainian nationalists.

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

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 157 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

On March 14, 1945, in Kniazyce, the OUN militia murdered Piotr Towarnicki.

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

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 159 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

Piotr Towarnicki, residing in in Kniazyce. He was taken out of the house on March 14, 1945, around 8:30 pm by members of the OUN militia to show the way to the village leader. The group consisted of 14 people, they were dressed in Soviet uniforms. He was beaten near the house. His teeth were knocked out and his face was hurt. He was hanged on March 14, 1945 in Kniazyce.

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

source: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: Acta IPN Rz 70/106

The UPA murdered 6 Poles: a family of 5 with 3 children, and abducted a teacher who went missing. „On the night of April 23–24, in Kniazyce, the Bandera followers, pretending to be Soviet soldiers, kidnapped Eugeniusz Hulak, a Pole and a local” teacher of Polish.

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

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 160 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

Eugeniusz Hulak, Pole, Polish language teacher, residing in Kniazyce, county Przemyśl. On the night of April 23/24, 1945, he was abducted from Kniazyce by the Bandera followers and then murdered. The attackers abducted him under the pretext of document control as a group looking for a Red Army deserter. The hijackers spoke Russian poorly.

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

Excerpt from the situational report of the political clerk of the OUN 'Chłodny Jar' district, Petr Kawuzy 'Taras', on the murder of a Ukrainian by Polish Army soldiers in Kniazyce:
„On January 7, 1946, a reconnaissance of the Polish Army, numbering 50 people, shot a Ukrainian woman in Kniazyce (the name was not given)”.

source: „Wisti z terenu wid 7.1. do 30.1. 1946”; in: Poticzny P. J., Łyko I. (ed,), „Litopys UPA”, in: Toronto-Lviv 2002, vol. 34: „Lemkivshchyna and Peremyszczyna. Political reports (Documents)”, p. 462, in: orig. Ukrainian

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

In the village of Kniażyce, poviat Przemyśl, unknown perpetrators shot a Polish woman.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 172 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

In the village of Kniażyce, poviat Przemyśl: „On June 26, 1946, one of the biggest skirmishes between the army and the UPA took place in the forests near Przemyśl near Kniazyce. According to Polish data, the bodies of 26 soldiers and officers were found in the battlefield the next day. The next three soldiers of the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army were murdered by the UPA in the area of Kniazyce on August 29, and two more on September 21. Civilians were also victims. The UPA murdered 17 civilians in the village of Kniażyce and its vicinity, including 14 Poles and three Ukrainians, who, had been forcibly conscripted into the UPA, but then deserted and were publicly shot.
Over the years, this tragic history was commemorated only by the chapel erected by the father of one of the victims ‑ Second Lieutenant Bronisław Rachwał. Now there are plaques with the names of the victims. Fr Isakowicz–Zaleski, during the Holy Mass, recalled the words of St. John Paul II about the need of remembrance, but also necessity of stating the truth, even that the most tragic. The ceremonies were attended by the families of the murdered and the representative company of the Polish Army. The commemoration was initiated by Danuta Okoń from Przemyśl, cousin of Second Lieutenant Bronisław Rachwał. The plaques were financed by the Council for the Protection of Memory of Struggle and Martyrdom”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Wolańska Beata, „Monument in Kniazyce. Remembrance is necessary, but the truth needs also be told.”; in: „TVP3 Rzeszów”, in: 2016-06-28 — web page: rzeszow.tvp.pl [accessible: 2016.06.28]

Near the village of Kniażyce, poviat Przemyśl, in the Brylińce–Koniusza forests, more than 30 soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces WP died in an ambush of the UPA, and those who were captured were either burned alive or murdered in another cruel way. Civilians were also victims. The UPA murdered 17 civilians in the village of Kniażyce and its vicinity, including 14 Poles and three Ukrainians, who were forcibly conscripted into the UPA, then deserted for which they were publicly shot.
„On June 27, between Brylincy and Kormanice, an ambush organized by a kuren (company) 'Bajda' (including the 'Łastiwki' sotnya), numbering several hundred Banderites, surprised a sub–unit of the Polish Army, consisting of 80 soldiers from the 28 Infatry Regiment from non–commissioned officer school. During the two–hour fight, 3 officers were killed: the commander, Lt. Zenon Kratki, the adjutant of the school, 2nd Lt. Franciszek Kunicki, platoon commander, 2nd Lt. Bronisław Rachwał and 22 non–commissioned officers and privates, incl. Sgt. Jan Bury, s/o Antoni and Corp. Michał Łobacz, private Tadeusz Cholewicki (incorrectly given in some documents: Cholewiński), s/o Franciszek, b. 1924, cadet Henryk Cieślik, s/o Antoni, b. 1924 (1923?), cadet Bogdan Dąbrowski (24 years old), private Jan Barłóg, s/o Antoni, b. 1924 (1923?) 388, private Cezary Waziała, s/o Stanisław, b. 1924 in Wyszyny.
The documents also mention the number of 24 killed and 7 wounded. The UPA released 2 captured soldiers. Such a high number of deaths resulted from the murder of 16 wounded soldiers by Ukrainian fighters. Only 7 wounded were left alive. At least eight Banderites were killed on the Ukrainian side. According to other studies, 3 officers and 24 soldiers or 3 officers and 26 soldiers were killed. There are also reports of 34 soldiers killed, including 2 lieutenants and 2 second lieutenants, and information that it was Poles who attacked the UPA NCO school  […]
The most likely version is the one published by the 'New Horizons' weekly of the Przemyśl city and district, on July 7, 1946, in which an obituary appeared, listing those killed in the 'area' of Fredropol. The obituary stated that… «Bestial bandits cruelly abused the murdered and wounded, massacring individual parts of the bodies with blunt tools. The mass funeral of the heroic soldiers took place on June 28, 1946, which turned into a great demonstration demanding the final elimination of Ukrainian nationalist bands».
According to the newspaper, among the murdered were: Lt. Z. Kratki, Second Lt. F. Kunicki, 2nd Lt. Bronisław Rachwał, Sgt. Jan Bury, Corp. M. Łobacz, senior riflemen: senior shooter Sylwester Śroń, s/o Antoni, b. 1924 in Poznań, private first rank Edmund Rydzyński (Rydziński), s/o Bartosz, b. 1927 in Toruń, private first rank Florian Kluczniak (Kłuczniak), s/o Mikołaj, born 1921 in Łebki, private Kazimierz Ścibor (Ściebor), s/o Józef, b. 1923 in Dębowo and private first rank Bernard Sęk (Sak), s/o Stanisław, born 1922 in Jabłonie and shooters: private W. Cholewicki, s/o Franciszek, b. 1924 in Antrowana Guslin, private Zygmunt Wojciechowski, s/o Stanisława, b. 1924 in Wronki, private Ludwik Marecki, s/o Antoni, born 1923 in Ludwiczów, private Bolesław Kopyłowicz, s/o Franciszka, born 1925 in Samonowice, private Bogdan Dąbrowski, s/o Piotr, born 1922 in Warsaw, private Kazimierz Naskręski, s/o Antoni, born 1923 in Wieluń, private Antoni Janiszewski, s/o Franciszka, born 1924 in Zatorach, private Henryk Cieślik, s/o Antoni, born 1923 in Koczin, private Bogusław Jędrusik, s/o Roman, b. 1923 in Sosnowiec, private Franciszek Kwestarz, s/o Jakób, b. 1921 in Kamienice, private Józef Łasecki, s/o Józef, born 1923 in Kobylec, private Edmund Wojciechowski, s/o Stanisława, born 1924 in Grzybno, private Kazimierz Kędziora, s/o Stefan, born 1923 in Godziszewo, J. Barłóg, Tadeusz Rokicki and private Franciszek Łoboda, s/o Jan, b. 1922 in Margoń.
Overall, 26 soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division of the Polish Army were killed or murdered in the UPA attack”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 172—174 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

„Information about the presence of a large group of Banderites reached Przemyśl. The company of the NCO of the 28th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division was sent for reconnaissance, probably in the strength of 80 to 100 soldiers. The action was commanded by Lieutenant Zenon Kratki, commander of the NCO school. The group of soldiers on foot was accompanied by a horse–drawn wagon carrying a supply of ammunition and a radio station. The school company passed San river on June 26, 1946 in the region of Olszany. Then the company passed Brylińce and entered the forest. Next the company marched through Koniusza and through the forests through Helicha, intending to return to Przemyśl. The column of soldiers was stretched along a forest road, with the headquarters and an ammunition cart in its center.
In the area of Kniazyce, the frontguards were shot at by the UPA sotnya U7 reargaurd. The Banderites took their positions in the trenches of the First World War. Lieutenant Zenon Kratki ordered to deploy to the left of the road. At that time, he did not have reliable information about the opponent. Moreover, the afforestation of the area made it difficult to carry out the attack. No reserves were thus assigned. Circular defense was not organised. In addition, the command of the company was directly in the line of attacking soldiers, which made it difficult to lead the fight. On the right wing it was not possible to move forward due to the defense of the Banderites in prepared positions.
Some successes were achieved in the center, which forced the UPA out of the first line of trenches. The company headquarters was located at the center. On the left wing, an attempt to bypass the opponent failed, a UPA school sotnya was entrenched, and there the Bandera followers also took up defensive positions. School sotnya stopped the counterattack of the Polish Army WP soldiers.
The Banderites counterattacked and forced the left wing to retreat. Then they attacked, from the rear, the center. Two squads were surrounded, with the commander and adjutant of the school staying with them. One retreated to the left wing. Then the left wing of the forces withdrew from the fight. Only two squads remained in the center, and possibly the attempt to form the circular defense failed. The Banderites came from behind. With the help of hand grenades, they were destroying Polish positions in which Zrub, the commander of the UPA school sotnya, took part in person.
At the same time, a short chase after the soldiers began and a horse–drawn cart with ammunition and a radio station were seized.
The fight in the forest near Kniazyce was one of the biggest defeats of the Polish Army against the UPA. According to Polish data, the next day the bodies of 26 soldiers and officers were found in the battlefield, including Lieutenant Zenon Kratka — the commander of the NCO school, Second Lieutenant Franciszek Kunicki — adjutant of the NCO school and Second Lieutenant Bronisław Rachwał — the commander of one of the platoons. The Zruba report estimates the Polish losses at 38 killed, 18 wounded and 6 taken prisoners, who were reportedly released. It was also stated that a total of 42 pieces of long weapons and only two of short weapons were captured. The weapons captured belonged to the fallen and taken prisoners. It is also possible that some of the wounded during the retreat abandoned their weapons.
It should be presumed that some of the bodies of Polish Army WP soldiers were not found. On the UPA side, 3 students of the Konyk school perished”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Brożyniak Artur, „Office memo”, OBEP IPN Rzeszów); in: OBEP IPN Rzeszów), in: Rzeszów, April 12, 2016 — web page: docplayer.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

Three soldiers of the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army were murdered by the UPA. „On August 29, in the Kniażyce–Brylińce forest complex, the 28th Infantry Regiment maneuvering unit found the center of two UPA sotnyas. After a short clash, the Bandera followers withdrew into the forest. The losses of the maneuvering unit amounted to 2 soldiers killed and 2 wounded  […] During the clash, 7 Polish Army soldiers from 28th Infantry Regiment (including one officer) died and many were wounded (killed: Corp. Stefan Szewczyk s/o Andrzej, born in 1923 in Brzeziny Stare, platoon leader Antoni Oleśkiewicz, s/o Bronisław, born 1925 in Brasław, Corporal Czesław Grzesiuk, s/o Stanisław, born 1923 in Brzeziny”.

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 179—180 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – August 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.25]

Two soldiers of 28th Polish Army WP Infantry Regiment were murdered by the UPA. „On September 21, in the area of Kniazyce, a sub‑unit of 9th Infantry Division fought a fight with a part of the 'Burłak' group. Two privates from 28th Infantry Regiment (private Józef Jakubski, s/o Józef, b. 1921 in Słupia and private Janusz Szyszko, s/o Józef, b. 1926 in Szyszki) were killed in the clash, and 2 officers from the 2nd Battalion of 28th IR injured. According to Ukrainian sources, on that day at 6.00 am, in an ambush organized by the 'Kryłacz' sotnya, 7 soldiers from WP detachment taken by surprise were killed and 7 wounded.

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 181 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.25]

„In September, in Koniusza, the Bandera followers kidnapped the village leader Józef Jakimec and two men. The abduction was carried out by the functionaries of the Ukrainian [genocidal security forces] SB‑OUN under the command of W. Harbacz, nom–de–guerre 'Oracz', who murdered a Ukrainian, Ivan Szumny, suspected of collaboration with the Polish Armed Forces and Poles suspected of collaborating with the Polish Armed Forces: Nazar Sabat, living in Kniazyce, Ludwik Ukarma, living in Kniazyce, and Michał Jakimec –—village leader of Koniusza. Nazar Sabat, c. 25 years old, a Pole residing in Kniazyce, Przemyśl county. His father served in the Polish Legions. Before the war, his house hosted meetings of the local circle of the Union of the Farm Nobility. Detained on September 26, 1946 in Kniazyce. After interrogation, he was liquidated by the SB‑OUN militia of the 1st Region of 'Kholodnyi Yar' Super–region. Suspected of cooperation with the Polish Army. Perpetrator — district clerk W. Harabacz, nom–de–guerre 'Tiller'. On the same day, Michał Krupik and Ludwik Ukarma from Kniażyce were abducted and murdered. Ludwik Ukarma (wrongly Okarma), s/o Józef, a Pole residing in Kniażyce, Przemyśl county. Detained on September 26, 1946 in Kniazyce. After interrogation, he was liquidated by the SB‑OUN militia, 1st Region of 'Kholodnyi Yar' Super–region. Suspected of cooperation with the Polish Army. Perpetrator — district clerk W. Harabacz, nom–de–guerre 'Tiller'. Michał Krupik, a Pole living in Kniazyce. Kidnapped on September 26, 1946 from Kniażyce and murdered by the SB‑OUN militia, 1st Region of 'Kholodnyi Yar' Super–region. On the same day, N. Sabat and L. Ukarma from Kniazyce were abducted and murdered. The latter was the brother of P. Wańczowska, murdered by the Banderites (August 8, 1946). At her funeral, he is said to have loudly voiced his thoughts about her murder”.

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 182 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.25]

The UPAs kidnapped 3 Poles who went missing without a trace.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: www.wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.26]

„On January 2, in Kniazyce, the Bandera followers, dressed in Polish Army uniforms, kidnapped Bazyli Kircia, who was then murdered. Bazyli Kircio (incorrectly Kirtio), so. Michał and Józefa, aged 51, Greek Catholic, Pole residing in Kniazyce, poviat Przemyśl. Suspected of cooperation with the Polish Army. Kidnapped on 2 January 1947 from his home in Kniazyce by the SB‑OUN militia, the 1st Region of the 'Chołodny Jar' Super–region, dressed in Polish Army uniforms. After the interrogation, he was liquidated by the Bandera followers. The murder of B. Kircio was carried out in Darowice, about 200 meters from the house. Responsible for the murder was district clerk W. Harabacz, nom‑de‑guerre 'Tiller'”.

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 188 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

„NN soldier from the KBW [Internal Security Corps] training regiment, wounded on 2 January 1947 during the operation in Kniazyce. He died in the hospital. It is probably about Drajer Zdzisław, Private in the KBW, so. Leon, who allegedly died on January 4, 1947 in Zalesie”.

source: Brożyniak Artur, „Office memo”, OBEP IPN Rzeszów); in: OBEP IPN Rzeszów), in: Rzeszów, April 12, 2016 — web page: docplayer.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

„Three Banderites attacked A. Krupik's house again, stealing food and clothes. Her husband had previously been abducted into the forest by the UPA”.

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 199 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]