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
Osiecznik
Kowel pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Turiisk rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
91
max.:
161
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00697
date:
1943.04
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
The news about the murder of eight Poles in the nearby Polish Osiecznik coincided with the murder of the Leśniewski.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – April 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: btx.home.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Budzisz Feliks; in: portal: kresy.pl — web page: www.kresy.pl [accessible: 2014.03.31]
The murder of the Leśniewski family took place on the night of April 10–11, 1943.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – April 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: btx.home.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
8
min. 8
max. 8
ref. no:
01515
date:
1943.07.04–1943.07.05
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
On the night of July 4–5, 1943, the UPA murdered Sikorski.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siemaszko Władysław, Siemaszko Ewa, „The genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists on the Polish population of Volhynia 1939 - 1945”, in: Warsaw 2000, p. 386
The UPA murdered a Pole named Sikorski.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Nadratowski Teofil, recollections; in: Karłowicz Leon, Popek Leon (comp.), „Following the traces of the genocide in Volhynia. A cruel warning”, in: Polyhymnia, Lublin 1998, part 2
In Gibraltar, the Commander–in–Chief and the Prime Minister of the Polish Government in London are killed in an attack. In Volhynia, at the hands of the rizuns of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, perhaps at the same time, a Polish farmer in his fatherland, bearing the same surname, is killed.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; 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:
02852
date:
1943.08
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
The Ukrainians murdered the 82‑year‑old Aleksandra Kowalewska.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; 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:
02566
date:
1943.08.23
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
The Ukrainians murdered 10 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
10
min. 10
max. 10
ref. no:
03268
date:
1943.09
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
The Ukrainians murdered over 24 Poles, including families, such as Marianna Siatka and her 4 children.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – September 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
more than 24
min. 25
max. 25
ref. no:
02964
date:
1943.09.04
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
During the evacuation in defense of the Polish population, two partisans of the Home Army AK „Jastrzębia” were killed.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – September 1943”; 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:
03913
date:
1943.09–1943.12
(autumn)
site
description
general info
Osiecznik
The UPA murdered a dozen Polish–Ukrainian families brought here from the vicinity; little boys dug pits for their bodies.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of genocide – November and fall of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
a dozen or so families
min. 44
max. 114
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