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.:
12
max.:
12
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
06059
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Opaka
The Ukrainians murdered 4 young Poles: Maria Narzyn, 15, her sister Franciszka Narzyn, 17, and boys, 13 and 19.
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:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
09255
date:
1945.01.17
site
description
general info
Opaka
The Banderites in the forester's lodge strangled and threw 4 Poles into a well: 17‑year‑old Sylwia Żyłka, her 20‑year‑old sister Zyta Żyłka, 20‑year‑old Zdzisława Zawadzka and 21‑year‑old Franciszek Zawadzki (a young couple).
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
09264
date:
1945.01.19
site
description
general info
Opaka
On January 19, 1945, a forester Franciszek Lechki, 21, with his wife Zdzisława (née Zawadzka) and his wife's two cousins, was murdered by the UPA during a raid on a forester's lodge. The bodies were thrown into the well. Their funeral took place on January 21, 1945, and they were buried in Podbuż.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1945”; 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:
4
min. 4
max. 4
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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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