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
Łówcza
Lubaczów pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Lubaczów cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
58
max.:
171
Perpetrators:
Poles
Victims:
Ukrainians
Number of victims:
min.:
9
max.:
9
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
09039
date:
1944
site
description
general info
Łówcza
In 1944, they murdered the Home Army soldier Edward Wolanin, 29, and Józefa Więcna, 20.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
04635
date:
1944.01.14
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The local Ukrainians murdered 3 Poles: 2 partisans of the Home Army and 20‑year‑old Józefa Więcna.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; 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:
07402
date:
1944.03–1944.06
(spring)
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The Ukrainians murdered 3 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; 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:
07174
date:
1944.04–1944.05
site
description
general info
Łówcza
At the turn of April and May 1944, they murdered 6 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
06777
date:
1944.04
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The Ukrainians murdered 6 Poles. Others: 11 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Situation report from the Polish lands, no. 15/44”; in: The Polish Institute and the Gen. Sikorski in London, in: no: PRM — 122
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6 – 11
min. 6
max. 11
ref. no:
07512
date:
1944.06
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The UPA murdered 2 Poles in the forest.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 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:
12116
date:
1944.09.04
site
description
general info
Łówcza
May (?) 1946, [typescript] — Fragment of a report by the political clerk of the II region in the II Zakerzonya Region, Mykhail Borys 'Żan', about the murders of Ukrainians in Łówcza:
„On September 4, 1944, Bolshevik special units and MO carried out manhunts on forests and villages. During the raid in the village of Łówcza, the following men were murdered:
Horiwnyk Stepan — 18 years old;
Koczułak Mykhailo — 39;
Kruhlak Ivan — 45;
Moroz Stepan — 58;
Truchan Ivan — 44”.
source: „Informacija pro ukrajinśki seła ta jich meszkanciw, szczo postradały w rezultati polśkych napadiw”; in: Wiatrowycz W. (ed,), „Polśko-ukrajinśki stosunky w 1942—1947 rr. u dokumentach OUN ta UPA”, in: Lviv 2011, vol. 2, p. 929, in: orig. Ukrainian
source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]
perpetrators
Poles
victims
Ukrainians
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
ref. no:
08359
date:
1944.11.11
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The local Ukrainians murdered a Pole, a blacksmith.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; 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:
08378
date:
1944.11.15
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The Ukrainians murdered Józef Kornoga, 34.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
10732
date:
1945
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The Ukrainians murdered 7 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1945 and 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
7
min. 7
max. 7
ref. no:
12117
date:
1945.01.14
site
description
general info
Łówcza
May (?) 1946, [typescript] — Fragment of a report by Mykhail Borys 'Żan', the political clerk of the region II of the Zakerzonya Region, about the murders of Ukrainians in Łówcza:
„On January 14, 1945 the local MO murdered a 34‑year‑old peasant Hołub Wasyl for the fact that his son is in the UPA”.
source: „Informacija pro ukrajinśki seła ta jich meszkanciw, szczo postradały w rezultati polśkych napadiw”; in: Wiatrowycz W. (ed,), „Polśko-ukrajinśki stosunky w 1942—1947 rr. u dokumentach OUN ta UPA”, in: Lviv 2011, vol. 2, p. 929, in: orig. Ukrainian
source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]
perpetrators
Poles
victims
Ukrainians
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
12118
date:
1945.01.28
site
description
general info
Łówcza
May (?) 1946, [typescript] — Fragment of a report by Mykhail Borys 'Żan', the political clerk of the II region in the II Zakerzonya Region, about the murders of Ukrainians in Łówcza:
„On January 28, 1945, the Polish Army surprised a peasant Jacyniak Iwan in the forest, 34, who was killed on the spot […]
On the same day, the local MO wanted to arrest Zabowski, Mykhailo, 41, but he started to flee. Consequently, the militia opened fire and injured him so much that he soon died of wounds.
source: „Informacija pro ukrajinśki seła ta jich meszkanciw, szczo postradały w rezultati polśkych napadiw”; in: Wiatrowycz W. (ed,), „Polśko-ukrajinśki stosunky w 1942—1947 rr. u dokumentach OUN ta UPA”, in: Lviv 2011, vol. 2, p. 929, in: orig. Ukrainian
source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]
perpetrators
Poles
victims
Ukrainians
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
12115
date:
1945.03
site
description
general info
Łówcza
Excerpt from the report „Wisti z terenu” from April 18, 1945:
„March 1945, the Polish population under the protection of the militia from Ruda, Płazów and Narol robbed the village of Łówcza, burning 7 farms and killing one woman”.
source: „Wytiah iz Wistej z terenu pro antyukrajinśki akciji polakiw na Hrubesziwszczyni w berezni1945”; in: Wiatrowycz W. (ed,), „Polśko-ukrajinśki stosunky w 1942—1947 rr. u dokumentach OUN ta UPA”, in: Lviv 2011, vol. 2, p. 860, in: orig. Ukrainian
source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]
perpetrators
Poles
victims
Ukrainians
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
09571
date:
1945.03.25
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The UPA murdered Karol Pyrka, 26.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
09593
date:
1945.03.27–1945.03.28
site
description
general info
Łówcza
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
Kureń „Zalizniaka” liquidated 18 posts of the Civic Militia, 30 militiamen were killed and 10 were abducted and murdered. From 43 to 72 people of the Polish civilian population were murdered. These were posts in the following towns: Dzików Stary, Podemszczyzna, Horyniec, Zalesie, Basznia Dolna, Łówcza, Futory, Nowa Grobla, Brusno Nowe, Krowica, Puchacze, Chotylub, Wólka Horyniecka, Zapałów, Bichale, Łaszki, Płazów, and Cewków.
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:
83 – 112
min. 83
max. 112
ref. no:
09595
date:
1945.03.27–1945.03.28
site
description
general info
Łówcza
During the raid on the MO station, the UPA burnt 15 Polish farms and the MO station, and murdered 18 Poles, including 6 militiamen (others: including 2 militiamen).
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:
18
min. 18
max. 18
ref. no:
09588
date:
1945.03.27
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The UPA massacred 2 Poles, including a policeman.
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:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
09603
date:
1945.03.28
site
description
general info
Łówcza
On March 28, 1945, they murdered Mieczysław Szałański, 31.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
09610
date:
1945.03.29
site
description
general info
Łówcza
The Ukrainians murdered the policeman Józef Kończyło age 25.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
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