The Ukrainians from the village of Szychowice cruelly murdered over 50 Poles. „Many inhabitants were murdered during the attack on the village of the UNS unit from the village of Szychowice. In several farmyards horribly massacred bodies of Polish children and women were found, and in one of them as many as 17 such bodies were found, including several months old” children.

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

source: Jastrzębski Stanisław, „Ukrainian nationalists genocide against Poles in the Lublin region in 1939-1947”, in: Nortom Publishing, 2007, p. 112 — web page: sbc.org.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]

At dawn, the raid was carried out by soldiers of the SS–Galizien (5th SS Police Regiment), with the participation of Ukrainian policemen, „ortschutz” and OUN–UPA militias from Szychowice, Kryłów and Gołębia. First, they circled the village in a tight ring, and then cruelly murdered the Polish population. 38 people were killed, including children, women and the elderly. The soldiers of Stanisław Basaj „Rysia” and Jan Ochman „Kozak”, rushed to help the pacified population. After heavy fights, the Ukrainian nationalists were driven out of the colony, leaving the bodies of the murdered Polish inhabitants. „On March 8, 1944 at dawn, units of the Ukrainian police, SS–Galizien and ortschutz, supported by subunits of the USN from Szychowice, Kryłów and Gołębia, attacked the Prehoryłe colony, county hrubieszowski; a UPA unit took part in the robbery, who moved across the Bug River at night. Whole families were murdered (for example, the Martyniuk, Bolechów, and Przzynów families), 38 people in total, including women and children”.

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

source: Buczkowski Czesław, „Sahryń in the years 1942-1944”; in: portal: Eastern Borderlands — web page: kresy.info.pl [accessible: 2011.09.25]

On March 9, 1944, units of the Ukrainian police and SS–Galizien supported by USN subunits from Szychowice, Prehoryły and Kryłów attacked the Prehoryłe colony again; the remaining Polish houses were set on fire and part of the population was murdered.

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

source: Buczkowski Czesław, „Sahryń in the years 1942-1944”; in: portal: Eastern Borderlands — web page: kresy.info.pl [accessible: 2011.09.25]

The „Rysia” battalion rushed to help the residents. The Ukrainians were driven out of the colony and retreated to Kryłów. During two days, on March 8 and 9, they murdered 56 Poles in the village, while in total, from April 1943, about 200 Poles were murdered here.

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

In April and May 1945, the UPA group „Bereza” from beyond the Bug raided the village. 60 inhabitants died.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1945”; 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