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
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
27
max.:
27
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
04340
date:
1943
site
description
general info
Leszczatów
(in the vicinity)
The Banderites robbed and destroyed the church and presbytery, they caught Fr When he was returning from the funeral, Sigismud Targosz was slashed with knives and left on the road, believing that he was dead, but he miraculously survived; while they murdered his coachman, a Pole.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
04729
date:
1944.01.27
site
description
general info
Leszczatów
According to the telephone data received, on January 27, from 5 pm to the early hours on January 28 this year. the following attacks and murders of the Polish population took place in the following towns: Leszczatów, 6 people were murdered, Sokal county.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1944, January 28 - A letter from PolKO in Kamionka Strumiłowa to the Delegate of the RGO in Lviv concerning attacks, murders and abductions of the Polish population”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/1, p. 179—178
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
06013
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Leszczatów
[Ukrainians] robbed and burned Polish farms and murdered 20 Poles.
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:
20
min. 20
max. 20
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EXPLANATIONs
- 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.
- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
- English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
- Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
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