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
Łopateń
Łuck pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Kivertsi rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
31
max.:
32
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
04353
date:
1941.09–1941.12
(autumn)
site
description
general info
Mr Janusz Kopij' account:
„The described events, which I know very well from family accounts, took place in the fall of 1941 and not in 1943.
[In many accounts of the events] my grandfather's name is not stated correctly, because it was Boleslaus Kopij who was kidnapped and murdered, not Felix.
In the years 1930‑1941, Boleslaus Kopij was an overseer in the forest settlement of Łopaten, which belonged to prince Janusz Radziwiłł.
I would like to inform that I have the knowledge directly from my grandmother Julia née Calko, wife of Boleslaus, who told me the story of my grandfather's death numerous times, and from my father Stanislaus Kopij (son of Boleslaus).
They were eyewitnesses of Grandpa's abduction — under the pretext of helping in the transport of timber to Cumań — where he was arrested by the Ukrainian police, held captive in the so‑called Island and executed.
Wife Julia started searching in Cumań, Olyka — to no avail. An eyewitness was also the engine driver of the railway locomotive, Mr. Anthony Pastuszek.
This event was described in the memoirs of Anthony 's son, Casimir, now residing in Wrocław, in Felix Trusiewicz's book «Hawrylko», pp. 210‑221, published by the «Wołanie z Wołynia» Library, vol. 131.
Boleslaus's wife, Julia, with her children Stanislaus, Marta and Mary, warned of the imminent danger, left Łopaten and went to her cousin across the Bug River, to Nadburzanka”.
source: Mr Kopij Janusz, 19.01.2022, private correspondence
Gamekeeper Feliks Kopij was kidnapped and taken by the Ukrainians by railroad under the pretext of helping to transport timber towards Cumania. Despite the searches, all traces of him were lost.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Orłowski Edward, „Foresters who died during the war and persecution in 1938-1949 in Eastern Lesser Poland and the post-war Rzeszów region”; in: Regional Directorate of State Forests in Krosno — web page: www.krosno.lasy.gov.pl [accessible: 2021.01.29]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
00160
date:
1943.03.03
site
description
general info
Łopateń
In a forest settlement, an armed Ukrainian militia burned down the holiday village of Fr Radziwiłła and murdered the Polish population living here, about 30 people.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
c. 30
min. 30
max. 30
ref. no:
02226
date:
1943.07
site
description
general info
Łopateń
The Ukrainians murdered 1 Pole.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
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EXPLANATIONs
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- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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