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
Opaka
Lubaczów pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Lubaczów cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Poles
Victims:
Ukrainians
Number of victims:
min.:
4
max.:
4
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
10
max.:
10
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
12203
date:
1944–1946
site
description
general info
Opaka
Incomplete list of Ukrainian victims of the armed formations of the Republic of Poland in the 4th Region of the Zakerzonya Region, made by the 'Dowbusz' clerk:
„Opaka:
[1] Baran Iw[an] — mur[dered],
[2] Sioma Dmyt[ro] —,
[ 3] Żurawel Iw [an] — sh[ot]
[4] Żuk Hryh[orij] —”.
source: „Spys z[a]str[iłenych] ta pomor[dowanych]”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 22, sh. 84
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:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
09079
date:
1944
site
description
general info
Opaka
The Ukrainians murdered 5 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
ref. no:
11414
date:
1945–1946
site
description
general info
Opaka
In 1945–1946 [UPA] murdered Jan Szwec, b. 1921, Jan Gorzelnik b. 1921, Marcin Ciska b. 1892, Piotr Łukasiewicz, 55, b. 1891
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]
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1946 and in 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.28]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
10752
date:
1945
site
description
general info
Opaka
The local Ukrainians murdered Jan Dubiel, 23.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
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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.
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