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
Ostróg
Zdołbunów pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Ostroh municipality rai., Rivne obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
681
max.:
683
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
01081
date:
1943.06.12
site
description
general info
Ostróg
Stanisław Ostaszewski died from a trap missile placed by the UPA on a cart on the bridge.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1943 June and the first half of the year”; 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:
01308
date:
1943.04–1943.06
site
description
general info
Ostróg
According to Father Remigiusz Kranc, over the course of 3 months of 1943 (most likely in the second quarter) he buried the victims of the attack in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Ostrog in 154 boxes containing 3–4 bodies, i.e. about 560 people, killed or burned, from the countryside, colonies and futors of the Ostroh parish.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1943 June and the first half of the year”; 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. 986
Only a small part of the bodies were found.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1943 June and the first half of the year”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
c. 560
min. 560
max. 560
ref. no:
03807
date:
1943.12.01–1943.12.02
site
description
general info
Ostróg
The Ukrainians murdered 10 Poles: the 5–person Markiewicz family, Hipolita Melsztyńska with her son Bolesław, 2 Masłowski women, and kidnapped Danuta Semeniuk and her record has been lost.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
11
min. 11
max. 11
ref. no:
04412
date:
1943
site
description
general info
Ostróg
The UPA murdered Paszyński earlier by tearing out his eyes, and a Ukrainian, Jan Janowycz, murdered his Polish wife and their children.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2 + dzieci 1 families
min. 4
max. 6
ref. no:
04589
date:
1944.01.03
site
description
general info
Ostróg
During the night the inhabitants were robbed by the Soviet partisans and after their departure in the morning the UPA attacked and murdered 38 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
38
min. 38
max. 38
ref. no:
04668
date:
1944.01.19
site
description
general info
Ostróg
The UPA murdered 25 Poles during the night raid.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
25
min. 25
max. 25
ref. no:
04838
date:
1944.01
site
description
general info
Ostróg
(in the vicinity)
A 38‑year‑old Pole is missing without a trace.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; 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:
07411
date:
1944.03–1944.06
(spring)
site
description
general info
Ostróg
The Ukrainians murdered 39 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
39
min. 39
max. 39
ref. no:
09082
date:
1944
site
description
general info
Ostróg
The Ukrainians murdered an 18‑year‑old Polish boy, dragging him into the forest on the pretext of joining the Polish partisans.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
10754
date:
1945
site
description
general info
Ostróg
In the second half of 1945, the UPA murdered an elderly Pole in the forest, while he was picking mushrooms; he did not go to Poland in the so–called repatriation.
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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