The Banderites murdered 29 Poles aged 1 to 70. „On October 8 this year. a band of Ukrainian Volhynians attacked the Polish border village of Netreba. The first shot from the gang was fired around 7.30 pm, after him the attackers began to circle the village. The Ukrainian militia that was present in the village fled towards Opryłowiec. The bandits then started to burn houses, break down doors and windows, and murder the population. Thanks to the launch of an alarm rocket, the German border guards from Nowik came to the aid of Netroba. The bandits, scared off by a series of shots by the border guards, escaped, kidnapping some of the loot. There were still 17 murdered and 7 injured villagers: Dziedzic Marcin, around 76, Dziedzic Parańka, aged 68, Dziedzic Emilia, aged 9, Dziedzic Jan, aged 4, Szabińska Stefania, aged 18, Taraszczuk Szymon, aged 65, Wójcicki Piotr, aged 66, Ratuszniak Apolonia, aged 60, Gruszka Aniela, alt 45, Kozołubska Julia, aged 55, Liśkiewicz Rozalia, aged 1, Tkacz Franciszek, alt 30, Tkacz Antonina, aged 28, Weaver Franciszka, aged 8, Weaver Maria, 1, Berbeć Maria, 70, Gabryk Maria, 45. Wojarka Katarzyna is being treated in the hospital, six other injured people remain in the village. The bandits partially burned and partially abducted: 18 cows, 5 calves, 18 horses, 16 sheep, 4 pigs. 25 households with dwellings fell victim to the flames, and about 200 people were left without shelter and livelihood”.

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

source: „1943, October 12 - Copy of a letter from PolKO in Ternopil concerning attacks on the Polish population”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/2, p. 39—40

On October 8, 1943, during the night attack on the village of Netreba, the following Volhynian refugees died: 1. Gabryk Marta; 2. Liśkiewicz Rózia; 3. Julia Kozołóbska; 4. Wójcicki Piotr (about 58 years old); 5. Weaver Franciszek (suffocated by smoke in the basement); 6. Antonina weaver; 7. Francis' weaver – they suffocated; 8. Maria the weaver; 9. Angel's Pear; 10. Toddler Maria; 11. Marciniak Stefania from Glińczuk; 12. Toddler Kazimierz. Buried together in Netreb on Saturday, October 9, 1943 at 5 p.m.

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

source: Biernat Andrzej, based on the notebooks of Father Tadeusz Chrobak - fragments selected by Iwona Kopańska-Konon

Iwona Kopańska–Kanon also gives the account of Franciszka Zamorska née Juzwa, according to which the following were also murdered: 1. Heir Marcin, approx. 65, 2. Heir Pelagia, approx. 50, Marcin's wife, 3. Heir Jan, approx. 6 grandson Marcin, 4. Heir Emilia, approx. 9 grandson of Marcin, 5. Szabińska Stefania, age 18, 6. Taraszczuk Szymon, age 65. who came to Netreba that day with a thresher. Seeing the Banderites circling the village, he started shooting them, then fired three red rockets. Soon, Germans from Zbaraż appeared on a few cars and the Bandera followers withdrew towards Glińczuka–Kierniczka.

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

source: Kopańska-Konon Iwona, E-mail, archives of Stanisław Żurek