The Ukrainians murdered 3 Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

„5 March seventeen–strong group in which Poles from Olszany and Bircza were recognized, shot seventeen inhabitants of Olszany (according to information obtained by the County Office, eleven people were killed, including a Uniate paroch and his family)” – information about „the parish priest” is inaccurate: he survived, but his family was murdered.

source: Pisuliński Jan, „The Polish-Ukrainian conflict in the Przemyśl poviat in winter and spring 1945 and the participation of Roman Kisiel 'Vulture' group in it” — web page: www.polska1918-89.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]

On the night of 6–7 March 1945 in the village of Olszany, county Przemyśl, a UPA band raided the apartment of a Greek Catholic priest, from where they abducted a family of 4 and several other people who were shot by the San River.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Prus Edward, „Operation "Vistula"”, in: ed. IV, Wroclaw 2006, p. 261

1945 March 8, Krasiczyn — Report of the MO station in Krasiczyn for the District Court in Przemyśl about the murder of 11 Ukrainians:
„On the night of March 6 and 7 the following were murdered by unknown perpetrators:
1. Kopystiańska Eugenia, 55, wife Greek–Catholic parish priest in Olszyny,
2. Kopystiańska Tatiana, 24 years old, priest's daughter,
3. Kołodziej Katarzyna, 27 years old, servant of the priest,
4. Senyszyn Helena, 47 years old, teacher in Olszany,
5. Senyszyn Aryta, 20 years old, teacher's daughter,
6. Popowicz Jan, aged 55, host,
7. Truchan Jan, aged 55, host,
8. Truchan Wasyl, aged 44, host,
9. Hryczan Piotr, aged 34, manager of a dairy in Olszany,
10 and 11 of undetermined identity, who, according to the head from Olszyny community, came from Jawornik Ruski, returned from Przemyśl and stayed for the night at Wasyl Truchan, mentioned in ad 8, all of Greek Catholic denomination, Ukrainian nationality.
Badly injured was Kopystiańska Zofia, the priest's daughter, a postal agent in Olszyny  […]
The interrogated Zofia Kopystiańska, who was alive, reported that on the night of 6.3.1945 at 23.00 a few individuals arrived at their house. Simulating policemen, they called for the door to be opened, and when they were refused, several shots were fired, then they broke the window and entered the apartment.
In the apartment they found her mother, sister, maid and myself and called them to lie down on the floor, and then began to look for the priest, when they did not find him, they ordered them to rise and took them with them, allegedly for interrogation, to the police station in Krasiczyn.
When they arrived at the crossroads next to the school in Olszany, they met a larger group of people, including all the people mentioned at the beginning, from where they took the whole group and led the road towards Krasice.
When they arrived at the San River in Krasice, they were ordered to go onto the ice to cross the San River to the other side, and when they did not want to do so, explaining to the attackers that the ice was weak there and they could drown, the perpetrators shot everyone on the spot, she was left wounded and, pretending to be dead, she survived.
The testifying person also stated that she did not know how many perpetrators could have been, but there was a larger group of them, they were dressed in Polish and Soviet coats, as well as in civilian clothes, completely unknown.
When asked, Fr Stefan Kopystiański could not provide any explanations in this matter, because when the perpetrators burst into the apartment, he managed to hide next to the room where the post office was located and waited there until morning, adding that after the abduction of his family, the perpetrators returned several times to his apartment, searching for him.
When asked, Katarzyna Truchan, the wife of the killed Wasyl, said that several individuals had arrived at her apartment, they took her husband and two individuals from Jawornik Ruski and left  […]
The bodies of the dead were taken by their families and buried.
Station commander
Pańczyszyn Józef”

source: State Archive in Przemyśl, in: SPP sygn. 79, sh. 13

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]

1945 March 22, Przemyśl — Fragment of the situational report of the Przemyśl elderman for the Social and Political Department of the Provincial Office in Rzeszów for the period March 5, 1945 — March 20, 1945 concerning the murder in Olszany:
„At night from 6 to 7.3 this year the hitherto undetected perpetrators attacked the Olszany community and murdered:
1 / Kopystiańska Eugenia, the wife of a Greek Catholic parish priest from Olszany,
2 / Kopystiańska Tatiana, daughter,
3 / Kołodziej Katarzyna, servant,
4/ Senczyszyn Helene, teacher in Olszany,
5 / Senczyszyn Aryta, daughter of the aforementioned teacher,
6 / Popowicz Jan, farmer from Olszany,
7 / Truchan Jana, '
8 / Trącana Wasyla, '
9 / Hryczan Piotr, manager of a dairy from Olszany
and 2 individuals of unknown surnames from Jawornik Ruski.
All murdered were of Ukrainian nationality”.

source: State Archive in Rzeszów, in: UWRz sygn. 373, sh. 14

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]

Excerpt from Volodymyr Popowych's account of the murder of Ukrainians in Olshany:
„When there were several months left to the destruction of the village, tragic events took place, which left behind very painful memories and a sad warning for both neighboring nations. On the night of March 7, 1945, a group of individuals from Komara, Zalesie and Krasiczyn attacked the countryside. The group led 16 people out of their houses on the San River to drown them under the ice. People did not allow themselves to be pushed into the river, so the murderers murdered them by smashing their heads with rifle butts. They were afraid to shoot so as not to alert the UPA soldiers who might be in the nearby forests. The next day, the bodies of the murdered were found on the right bank of the San (Sofia Kopystiańska was still alive and had managed to tell about the drama, but died on the way to the hospital). Among the murdered were: Senyszyn Ołena — teacher, Senyszyn Areta — her daughter, middle school student, Stefanija Kopystiańska — priest's wife, Tetijana Kopystiańska — priest's daughter, Sofija Kopystiańska — priest's daughter, Iwan Popowycz — farmer, village head, Wasyl Truchan — farmer, cooperative activist, Iwan Truchan — farmer, Vasyl's brother, Petro Fenyk — farmer, social activist and 7 other people whose names I could not find out. The bodies of the victims were buried in a common grave near the church in Olszany. The official investigation did not reveal the culprits”.

source: „v. Wilszany”; in: Sływka J. (ed,), „Deportaciji. Zachidni zemli Ukrajiny kincia 30—ch – poczatku 50—ch rr. Dokumenty. Materiały. Spohady.”, in: Lviv 2002, vol. 3: „Memoirs”, p. 63

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]

In the village of Olszany, poviat Przemyśl, [the Ukrainians] robbed and burned the village and murdered 12 Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – June 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]