In the spring of 1944, the Ukrainian police arrested Marcel, a Home Army soldier, and handed over to the Gestapo Sokołowski.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 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

sotnya „Jahoda” and USN from the camps in Liska, Kościaszyn, Suszów, Radostów, Wasylów Mały murdered 72 Poles, cattle and dogs were fired (Konieczny., P. 176); the company Home Army AK „Wyga”, which was going to help, was repulsed, 4 partisans were killed; only the Home Army AK „unit of Wiktor” reached the village in the evening: „found the bodies of murdered Poles (at least 72)”.

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. 194

source: Konieczny Zdzisław, „Polish-Ukrainian relations in what is now Poland in the years 1918-1947, Wrocław 2006”, in: , p. 176

Ukrainian SS men from SS „Galizien–Hałyczyna” and the UPA sotnya of Iwan Sycz – Sajenko „Jahoda” robbed and burned the village and murdered 162 Poles, mainly refugees from other towns: „During the evacuation of the Polish population from the territories occupied by Ukrainian nationalists, there were It will turn to another monstrous crime. In the early morning hours of April 1, 1944, an SS–Galizien unit, supported by a sub–unit of the UPA, entered Poturzyn, where, apart from the local population, there was a large group of refugees from the territory of the Dolhobyczów and Kryłów communes and murdered 162 people. The population was shot while sleeping. Helpless children, women and old people were killed in a cruel and sophisticated way. After this brutal crime, the village was deserted of civilians. Until the advent of the eastern front, the village was taken over by Ukrainian nationalists. The defense line organized by the Polish partisans ran 8 km to the southwest (via Telatyn)”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: „Occupation years”; in: portal: Poturzyn — web page: www.poturzyn.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]

The eyewitness, Maria Radwańska, reported: „The UPA checked the documents and told us to speak the Ukrainian prayer. When they found a Polish family, they killed everyone on the spot. They did not spare the elderly, children, or the sick. Only a few of ours, including me, a 16‑year‑old girl, managed to escape and hide. The people on their knees asked for mercy. For free. They were shot at, stabbed with pitchforks, and killed with axes. On that day, the UPA torturers also killed my mother and two cousins. After they committed the murder, they set fire to Polish houses, the manor house and the pharmacy”. That period was well remembered by Regina Boguszewska, who escaped from the Ukrainians to Chorążanka near Tomaszów. She described these nightmarish events as follows: „On Saturday before Palm Sunday, a huge scream rang out in the village. Shots were heard, and tongues of fire appeared in several places. We ran to a nearby hill. Chodywaniece seemed to be on fire. Strong and young people saved themselves by running away. The safest thing was to run towards Jarczów. Those who headed for the forest, towards the Chodywaniece colony, fell into the hands of the Ukrainians. Among the captured was a priest from our parish, Jakub Jachuła. 36 people captured by the Ukrainians were killed then. They were placed over the pit previously dug by The local Ukrainians and shot. The Ukrainians prepared a terrible death for our priest. First, they dragged him into the woods, bullying him on the way. Later, having fun, they proceeded to inflict martyrdom on the priest. They cut off his ears and hands piece by piece. Finally, they cut the fainted man with a saw as they watched as they emerged from the priest's gut. He died in this severe suffering. Later his body was dug up by his family and taken away. Where he was buried, a certain Russian woman, whom the Ukrainians took to their camp as a cook, indicated. From her story, I also learned how the Ukrainians wished they could make a similar show with their teacher. This one escaped them. After the war, me and a few people from Chodywaniec were called to the parish in Tomaszów Lubelski. There we talked about the martyrdom of the priest. We waited a long time that the priest might be canonized. He stayed with his sheep to the end and it was he who suffered the most cruel and martyr's death”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Stawecki Marian Adam, „The death rally near Tomaszów Lubelski”; in: „Tomaszowski weekly”, in: No. 12, March 20, 2012

IPN Lublin, July 2012: Investigation into a Nazi crime, a crime against humanity consisting in depriving and attempting to kill an unspecified number, at least 72 people of Polish nationality, from among the inhabitants of Poturzyn, province Lublin, on April 1, 1944, committed by Ukrainian nationalists and Nazi officials. (P. 124/11 / Zn). In the course of the ongoing investigation it was established that on April 1, 1944, the entire town of Poturzyn and the farm were surrounded by Ukrainian nationalists wearing German uniforms, SS – Galizien and civilian clothes. The attackers entered Polish homes and murdered everyone they found. During the attack, 70 people were murdered and at least two were seriously injured.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Lublin, in: July 2014