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
Ksawerówka
Stanisławów pov., Stanisławów voiv.
contemporary
Ivano-Frankivsk rai., Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent – location presumed
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
59
max.:
59
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
03698
date:
1943.11.16
site
description
general info
Ksawerówka
On November 16, 1943, Ukrainian nationalists set fire to the Piwowarczyk family house in Ksawerówka. The following died in the flames: Maria Piwowarczyk, her daughters – Wanda Kazimiera and Urszula and her son Ryszard. Maria's husband – Józef was shot with a firearm by the attackers, but he managed to escape from the scene.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of genocide – November and fall of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Discontinuation of the investigation into the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on 209 citizens of Polish nationality in the former Stanisławowski poviat – Wrocław, May 14, 2012”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Wrocław
Siekierka, Komański and Rózański […] give 624 surnames of killed Poles in Stanisławów county and an estimated number of 1,552 killed Poles. Materials from completed, i.e. discontinued investigations, are not published by the Institute of National Remembrance, including the testimonies of witnesses so important for the National Remembrance, which allows to raise the question about the purpose and meaning of these investigations.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of genocide – November and fall of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siekierka Szczepan, Komański Henryk, Różański Eugeniusz, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Stanisławów voivodeship”, in: Wroclaw 2008, p. 508
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
06007
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Ksawerówka
In March 1944, they were murdered: 1–4. Bogusz Bronisław and Edward, 23; Grandfather Karol, 56 years old; Gałaś Marcin aged 70, 5–10. Kotopka Jan, 18 years old; Piwowarczyk Maria, Wanda, Kazimierz, Urszula and Ryszard.Olesiów.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 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
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
10
min. 10
max. 10
ref. no:
05793
date:
1944.03.26
site
description
general info
Ksawerówka
17 Poles were murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Discontinuation of the investigation into the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on 209 citizens of Polish nationality in the former Stanisławowski poviat – Wrocław, May 14, 2012”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Wrocław
The Institute of National Remembrance also gives the date March 28 and the number of 16 victims.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Institute of National Remembrance IPN
Siekierka, Komański and Rózański […] give 624 surnames of killed Poles in Stanisławów county and an estimated number of 1,552 killed Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siekierka Szczepan, Komański Henryk, Różański Eugeniusz, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Stanisławów voivodeship”, in: Wroclaw 2008, p. 508
Materials from completed, i.e. discontinued investigations, are not published by the Institute of National Remembrance, including the testimonies of witnesses so important for the National Remembrance, which allows to raise the question about the purpose and meaning of these investigations.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
17
min. 17
max. 17
ref. no:
05809
date:
1944.03.27
site
description
general info
Ksawerówka
During the night raid, the UPA murdered 13 Poles, 3 German soldiers and 2 Jews. „March 1944. Ksawerówka, area Stanisławów: Killed: Gałaś Marcin, 70s; Grandfather Karol, 56; Bogusz Bronisław; Piwowarczyk Maria; Bogusz Edward, 23; Kotopka Jan, 18 years old; Piwowarczyk Wanda; Piwowarczyk Kazimierz; Piwowarczyk Urszula; Piwowarczyk Ryszard”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1944, July 17 - Letter from PolKO in Stanisławów to the Director of RGO in Kraków containing a personal list of people abducted and murdered from the beginning of the attacks, from September 1943 to July 15, 1944”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/1, p. 349—373
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
18
min. 18
max. 18
ref. no:
05810
date:
1944.03.27
site
description
general info
Ksawerówka
10 self–defense Poles died in the fight against the UPA.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
10
min. 10
max. 10
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