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
Półbieda
Kostopol pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Kostopil rai., Rivne obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
71
max.:
71
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00021
date:
1942.12.15–1943.01.15
(turn of the year)
site
description
general info
Półbieda
During the robbery, the Ukrainians murdered the gamekeeper Henryk Szyszkowski in front of his wife.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th Anniversary of the OUN-UPA genocide – January 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:
00329
date:
1943.03.30
site
description
general info
Półbieda
The Ukrainians brutally murdered 65 people: Borek Józef, Borek Marianna, Borek Eugenia, Dębska Leokadia, Dębska Kazimiera, Dębski Eugeniusz, Kowalczyk Jadwiga, Kowalczyk Wiktoria, Kowalczyk Robert, Kazimiera Strzyżykowska, Kowalczyk Antoni – 4 people, Kowalczyk Józef – 4 people, Kuś – 3 people, Kamaszewski – 2 people, Puchacz – 2 people, Ciesielski – 5 people, Strzyżykowski – 2 people, Dudzik – 6 people, Kurowski – 5 people, Grzyb – 2 people, Ochnio – 2 people, Kornatowscy – 13 people, Kozieje – 5 people.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Borek Irena, Dębska Władysława, Dębska Janina
I dedicate my photo report to the memory of the late Irena Sołowij nee Borek, d/o Władysław. The late Irena gave me a detailed description of the deaths of: grandfather Józef, grandmother Marianna, mother Genowefa, aunt Leokadia and her two children, d. Kazimiera and s. Eugeniusz. Mother was murdered by his neighbor Majsia. The day before, Irena's dad took his children and a few of Leokadia's sister children to Janowa Dolina, eight in total. When on 30 March in the morning he was going for the rest, it was already done […] It was attacked at dawn on March 30, 1943, the attackers came on horseback and on foot from the Perełysianka forest complex. People were surprised in a dream with no chance of escape. All those who did not escape were murdered without mercy. The magnitude of the murder is unknown, and it is crying out to heaven for vengeance, about 80 people were murdered. The murdered did not have any burial, and the place of their burial is unknown, they are also not commemorated in any way to this day. There were also refugees from other colonies in Półbiedzie, who probably also suffered victims we do not know about, and the murdered remain silent. However, the fate of some of the refugees from Polanówka, which was told to me by an eyewitness, Fr Tadeusz Zurawski from Łódź, sisters Józef and Weronika née Michalska: some of the refugees from Polanówka managed to get out of Połbieda, they were chased by bandits riding on horses near the forest, several people were hacked with axes. Information on the number of those murdered in Półbuda was provided by a Ukrainian named Fiedot, who hid a Polish family. However, the fate of some of the refugees from Polanówka, who was told to me by an eyewitness, Fr Tadeusz Zurawski from Łódź, sisters Józef and Weronika née Michalska: some of the refugees from Polanówka managed to get out of Połbieda, they were chased by bandits riding on horses near the forest, several people were hacked with axes. Information on the number of those murdered in Półbuda was provided by a Ukrainian named Fiedot, who hid a Polish family. However, the fate of some of the refugees from Polanówka, which was told to me by an eyewitness, Fr Tadeusz Zurawski from Łódź, sisters Józef and Weronika née Michalska: some of the refugees from Polanówka managed to get out of Połbieda, they were chased by bandits riding on horses near the forest, several people were hacked with axes. Information on the number of those murdered in Półbuda was provided by a Ukrainian named Fiedot, who hid a Polish family.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „The Trail of the Volhynia Crosses. Around Huta Stepańska with Janusz Horoszkiewicz”; in: portal: Fr Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski — web page: isakowicz.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
Others: in the colony of Półbieda gromada Majdan, the commune of Stydyń, county Kostopol, on March 30, 1943, he and his whole family were murdered by the Ukrainians during the pogrom of the village of Ciesielski gamekeeper.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; 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]
Siemaszko et Siemaszko […] state that in the colony of Półbieda, Ukrainian nationalists murdered two Poles on April 9, 1943: Stanisława Stańczyk and her daughter Wanda.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 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. 316
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
65
min. 65
max. 65
ref. no:
00330
date:
1943.03.30
site
description
general info
Półbieda
Żurawski Stefan 1914–30.03.1943 (murdered with his wife and 2 children near Półbieda).
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Polanówka village”; in: portal: Volhynia pages — web page: free.of.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
00494
date:
1943.04.08
site
description
general info
Półbieda
The UPA murdered 30‑year‑old Stanisława Stańczyk and her daughter Wanda.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
01900
date:
1943.07.16–1943.07.17
site
description
general info
The UPA burnt down Polish farms, the Polish population fled earlier, there is no information about the victims.
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:
unknown
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