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
Oszczów
Hrubieszów pov., Lublin voiv.
contemporary
Hrubieszów cou., Lublin voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
22
max.:
22
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
05353
date:
1944.02
site
description
general info
Oszczów
The Ukrainians murdered 2 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; 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:
05683
date:
1944.03.17–1944.03.18
site
description
general info
Oszczów
March 17/18, 1944. During two raids the following people died, among others: 1. Skinny Nikodem, 2. Halej Marcin, 3. Kruszyniuk Waleria, 4. Sidor Józef.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Stanisław Jastrzębski for the Lubelskie Voivodeship (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2016, vol. 8
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
05674
date:
1944.03.17
site
description
general info
Oszczów
UPA from sotnya „Jahoda” murdered 16 Poles convening them to the so–called „A conciliation meeting” in the People's House, it initiated Polish–Ukrainian clashes in this town, which lasted until March 19, as a result of which 23 more Poles died (Motyka., P. 193; Yes, it was: in a footnote he states that according to Ukrainian sources, the meeting in Oszczów was. a Polish ambush – see: 1947. Propamjatna Knyha. p. 110; the Poles made an ambush so that they were murdered).
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 193
The investigation into the crime against humanity, committed on March 17, 1944 in the village of Oszczów and other localities of the Lublin Province, by killing at least 117 people from among the Polish civilians, by German state officials, with the participation of the Ukrainian police and Ukrainian nationalists. In the course of the proceedings, it was established that Ukrainian nationalists cooperating with German units attacked other nearby towns, namely: Dołhobyczów, Kryłów, Witków, Kabłubiska, Siekierzynka, Horoszczyce, Żabcze, Poturzyn, Honiatyń, Uhrynów, Gołębie, Zaręka, Sulimów, Uśmierz, Waręż, Liwcze, Winniki, Leszków, Hulcze, Rusin, Chochłów, Dłużniów, Myców, Chłopiatyn, Przewodów, Smoligów, Modryniec, Łasków, Mołczyny. These actions were carried out in the years 1941 – 1947.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Lublin, in: ref. No. S 49/07/Zi
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
16
min. 16
max. 16
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