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
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
24
max.:
24
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
06086
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Poznanka Hetmańska
They robbed and burned down Polish farms and murdered 19 Poles and 2 Ukrainians. Bogusław Bowa's witness: „They ordered them to appear, and later took them somewhere – describes Bogusław with a trembling voice. – Later, freshly dug soil and traces of blood were noticed in the meadows. They were all buried there. They were massacred, the torturers had no mercy. I remember that my neighbor tied her husband's head with a scarf so that it would not fall apart. I remember the lamentation at the funeral. And what a terrible thing. The Germans came and ordered them to be kicked out again. To make a photographic documentation. It was already terrible”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „My paradise in Brzuchowice”; in: portal: GazetaLubuska.pl Plus — web page: plus.gazetalubuska.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
Witness Danuta Kotelec née Deputat: „They entered the village and told the Germans that they were to bring boys aged 15 to 19 – reports Danuta. – After a few days, the boys' mothers went to the Germans and it turned out that they didn't know anything about it. They started looking and went to a nearby brickyard. Our boys' bodies were dug up there. They were so horribly tortured. Apparently, one of the Germans fainted at the sight of it. Later, a German officer gave the mother of one of the boys a pistol, which allowed her to shoot the village head who was behind the abduction, but the woman only cried”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Chajewski Dariusz, „Danuta's three borderland worlds”; in: portal: Gazeta Lubuska — web page: plus.gazetalubuska.pl [accessible: 2016.11.01]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
21
min. 21
max. 21
ref. no:
07139
date:
1944.05.26
site
description
general info
Poznanka Hetmańska
Miksza N (an organist from Skałat) and Lewek N. were murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Kubów Władysław, „Terrorism in Podolia”, in: Warsaw 2003
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
07847
date:
1944.07.01–1944.08.31
site
description
general info
Poznanka Hetmańska
Witness Danuta Kotelec née Deputat: „My uncle made shelters in the barn behind straw snobs. Bandits usually burned houses, leaving the gathered crops alone. This time, however, they fired incendiary missiles – the barn caught fire. There were about ten people there – she says, while she is wiping away the tears accumulating in the corners of her eyes. – In a panic, my uncle dragged us out one by one, even though his back was starting to burn. Unfortunately, my aunt did not make it. I will never forget the sight of her in the” coffin.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – August 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Chajewski Dariusz, „Danuta's three borderland worlds”; in: portal: Gazeta Lubuska — web page: plus.gazetalubuska.pl [accessible: 2016.11.01]
It was after the arrival of the Soviet army, probably after the harvest of 1944.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – August 1944”; 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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- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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