In the villages of: Dominipol, Jesionówka, Mikołajówka, Swojczów, Swojczówka, Turża (all in the commune of Werba, district Włodzimierz Wołyński), Budy Ossowskie, Kowalówka – Marszałkówka, Kowalówka, Ossa (all in the commune of Turzysk, county of Kowel), Leżachów (commune of Kupiczów, Kowel county), Czosnówka or Szczęsnówka, Kisielówka (Kisielin commune, Horochów county) and in many others, in the spring of 1943, The Ukrainians from the UPA staff in the village of Wołczak managed to persuade about 90 young Poles aged 15–20 partisans who allegedly were to fight Germany together with the Ukrainian partisans on the basis of the Polish–Ukrainian agreement. Poles had to return their weapons for the night to a warehouse guarded only by the UPA. „From the spring of 1943, Ukrainian partisans were also quartered in a school in Dominopol and in private apartments of many Poles in our village. Local people said that these large Ukrainian troops came somewhere from the direction of Lviv. I remember there was talk of 2,000 soldiers, and maybe even more. Polish families fed them, washed their things and lodged them, and they were solemnly assured that there would be peace and an alliance against the Germans between us. I was also told that in the summer of 1942, the Ukrainians publicly announced a call, addressed primarily to young, strong Poles living in our area, to willingly join the Polish–Ukrainian partisans. They even came personally to Polish homes by carts and took selected men, saying: We will fight together, we will not go to the pit like the Jews!  […] And yet the worst happened, not only almost all the soldiers from the above–mentioned unit died, their number was supposed to reach 120. Almost all of my village, including my closest ones, was also brutally murdered”.

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

source: Roch Sławomir Tomasz, „Recollections of Kazimierz and Antonina Sidorowicz née Turowska from the village of Dominopol in the district of Włodzimierz Wołyński in Volhynia 1930-1944”; in: portal: Volhynia, in: Zamosc, May 1, 2003 — web page: www.wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.04.06]

More and more often, Polish farmers were called, young and strong, most often in the army as they needed UNDERWATER. Unfortunately, once someone went there, he almost never came back home. People in our colony quietly commented on it unequivocally: „The Ukrainians are murdering our husbands and sons in the forest in a treacherous way, so they still do not return to their homes!”. In this way, my cousin Stanisław Hypś, about 32 years old, from our colony Piński Most and many others, mainly from Dominopol, disappeared without a trace.

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

source: Sienkiewicz Antoni

My brother, Adam Turowski, and three other farmers from Dominopol, also went one day, called by the Ukrainians, who had come to our village to collect them. Marcel Mikulski told me about it personally. Since then, no trace of them and their horses have been found.

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

source: Roch Sławomir Tomasz, „Recollections of Kazimierz and Antonina Sidorowicz née Turowska from the village of Dominopol in the district of Włodzimierz Wołyński in Volhynia 1930-1944”; in: portal: Volhynia, in: Zamosc, May 1, 2003 — web page: www.wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.04.06]

The Ukrainians more and more often appeared in Polish villages and colonies and conducted a lively propaganda campaign. They persuaded young Polish men and boys to join the newly formed Polish partisan unit in Dominipol, which would fight together with the UPA against the Germans. I knew many boys who volunteered to join the army under the influence of this propaganda, for example: Eugeniusz Buczko, around 20. The remaining boys were from many different towns, including Jesionówka. Their headquarters was the building of our former primary school near the forest, they had their military post there. The unit of young boys stationed at the school was led by the Ukrainians into the forest to one of the clearings, and there was already a Ukrainian shooter with a machine gun.

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

source: Sienkiewicz Antoni

A few hours before the bloody Sunday, July 11, 1943, at night, several armed The Ukrainians arrived in the Polish village of Ludmiłopol by cart. They traveled to Polish families and called strong, young men to the Polish–Ukrainian partisans that were forming in Dominopol. In this way, they took a few Poles with them and drove towards Dominopol. However, they did not reach their destination. That same night, the Ukrainians, arriving at the first houses of the Zarudle village, right next to the farm of the Pole Żukowski, suddenly stopped and ordered the Poles to get off the cart. When the Poles found themselves in the meadow, the Ukrainians treacherously opened fire on them and fired them all. The following died then: Feliksiak Józef approx. 30, Szymański Henryk approx. 30. Puzio Franciszek approx. 30, and I do not remember the other names. I also know that Polish men were taken from the house by a Ukrainian, Ostapczuk Pieter, also from Ludmiłpol, and he also shot them later. The murderers either did not hide their crime at all or were scared off because they did not manage to hide the bodies of the murdered, who were found in the morning by the road, at the place where they were shot. Victims were also partially robbed of their clothes. Later, the victims' wives and their families would come to the place of the murder, and they would recognize their boys. Among these people was also Józef Feliksiak's wife Antonina, who later told me all this personally. who were found near the road in the morning at the place where they were shot. The victims were also partially robbed of their clothes. Later, the victims' wives and their families would come to the place of the murder, and they would recognize their boys. Among these people was also Józef Feliksiak's wife Antonina, who later told me all this personally. who were found near the road in the morning at the place where they were shot. The victims were also partially robbed of their clothes. Later, the victims' wives and their families would come to the place of the murder, and they would recognize their boys. Among these people was also Józef Feliksiak's wife Antonina, who later told me all this personally.

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

source: Roch Sławomir Tomasz, „Recollections of Kazimierz and Antonina Sidorowicz née Turowska from the village of Dominopol in the district of Włodzimierz Wołyński in Volhynia 1930-1944”; in: portal: Volhynia, in: Zamosc, May 1, 2003 — web page: www.wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.04.06]

The Ukrainians murdered at least 6 Poles, including a family of 3 with a 16‑year‑old daughter and a 19‑year‑old boy. Others: „In our Kowalówka colony, the Piotrowski family was murdered – five people, Mirosław Karaniewicz and the whole village of Dominopol, about 4 kilometers away from us”.

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

source: Kata Henryk, „War winds”; in: Otwock City Office, in: 2001

The UPA took him underwater and murdered Edward Tyburski, 39.

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]

Orthodox feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: they murdered 15 Poles, including a family of 8. Others: „On August 30, 1943, Budy Ossowskie and the Kowalówka colony were surrounded at dawn by armed gangs that came out of the villages of Wołczak and Rzewuszki and carried out mass slaughter on the Polish population. The result was terrifying: in Budy Ossowskie over two hundred people, including over eighty children, in Kowalówka for 23 families, 32 people were murdered. The Czarnecki family was all murdered; family father Jan Czarnecki – 55 years old, wife Dominik – 53 years old, daughter Maria, married – 23 years old, daughter Walentyna 19 years old, two sons, twins Marian and Eugeniusz – 14 years old, Maria's youngest daughter – Krystyna – three years old. s/o Staszek – age 21, absent at the time”.

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: Kata Henryk, „War winds”, fragments, prepared by Bogusław Szarwiło; in: Otwock City Office, in: 2001 — web page: 27wdpak.btx.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]

On August 30, 1943, Budy Ossowskie and the Kowalówka colony were surrounded at dawn by armed gangs that emerged from the villages of Wołczak and Rzewuszki and carried out a mass slaughter of the Polish population. The result was terrifying: in Budy Ossowskie over two hundred people, including over eighty children, in Kowalówka for 23 families, 32 people were murdered. The Czarnecki family was all murdered; family father Jan Czarnecki – 55 years old, wife Dominik – 53 years old, daughter Maria, married – 23 years old, daughter Walentyna 19 years old, two sons, twins Marian and Eugeniusz 14 years old, Maria's youngest daughter – Krystyna – three years old. s/o Staszek – 21 years old, absent at the time.

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: Kata Henryk, „War winds”, fragments, prepared by Bogusław Szarwiło; in: Otwock City Office, in: 2001 — web page: 27wdpak.btx.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]