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
Korczowa
Jaworów pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Jarosław cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
15
max.:
15
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
09007
date:
1944
site
description
general info
Korczowa
The Ukrainians murdered 2 Poles.
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:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
08779
date:
1944.12
site
description
general info
Korczowa
In 1944, they murdered Michał Senia and Andrzej Machałów. According to Z. Moszumański, they were Andrzej Senia and Andrzej Michałów.
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. 113 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
08712
date:
1944.12.28
site
description
general info
Korczowa
On December 28, 1944, unknown individuals abducted the secretary of the commune, Iliasz Felszak, and the councilor of Gajów, named Błażek. They both never returned home.
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. 114 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
10714
date:
1945
site
description
general info
Korczowa
In the village and its vicinity: „In 1945, the Banderites murdered Jan Boćka and Stanisław Boćka, 19 in the border zone, Mikołaj Wania of Gnojnica” in Korczowa.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 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. 125 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
09649
date:
1945.03
site
description
general info
Korczowa
The Ukrainians murdered 3 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1945”; 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:
09539
date:
1945.03.18
site
description
general info
Korczowa
On March 18, 1945, a policeman, Stefan Kielar, was murdered by the UPA in Korczowa.
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. 118 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
11509
date:
1947.01.11
site
description
general info
Korczowa
„On January 11, 1947, around 8.00 p.m. in Korczowa, unknown perpetrators kidnapped the community secretary, Józef Grześka, who had tax collection money on him”.
source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 134 — 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]
In 1947, the Bandera followers murdered Stefan Grześka and Józef Grześka in Korczowa. It is possible that the latter was part ofn the attack on January 11, 1947.
source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 141 — 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]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
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