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GENOCIDIUM ATROX

GENOCIDE perpetrated by UKRAINIANS on POLES

Data for 1943–1947

Site

II Republic of Poland

Przewodów

Hrubieszów pov., Lublin voiv.

contemporary

Przewodów

Hrubieszów cou., Lublin voiv., Poland

Murders

Perpetrators:

Poles

Victims:

Ukrainians

Number of victims:

min.:

45

max.:

48

Perpetrators:

Ukrainians

Victims:

Poles

Number of victims:

min.:

11

max.:

11

Location

link to GOOGLE MAPS

events (incidents)

ref. no:

12275

date:

1944–1946

site

description

general info

Przewodów

Fragment of a field report by the OUN clerk of the Liman district about the murder of Polish Army soldiers at Harasym Kłena:
5. Przewodów — At 8 o'clock, the Polish Army from Bełz in the amount of up to 250 people rounded up the countryside. They came with two cars. They found no one in the village  […] During the search, people were found with horses, cattle and other property hidden before the deportation. It was all messed up. During the search, the soldiers caught Harasym Klen, 36, whom they brutally murdered”.

source: „Terenowi wistky za czas wid 27.5 – 25.6 1946”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 26, sh. 86

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

perpetrators

Poles

victims

Ukrainians

number of

textually:

1

min. 1

max. 1

ref. no:

05709

date:

1944.03.19

site

description

general info

Przewodów

Murdered by the UPA in Przewów, county Hrubieszów on March 19, 44 – 11 people. Rozstrzelani: The Błaszczak family (4 people): Błaszczak Wojciech, 44 (father), Błaszczak Kazimiera, 18 (daughter), Błaszczak Stanisław, 14 (son), Wojner Edward, 21 (son–in–law). Nikodem Zofia, 19 (living in Myców, murdered in Przewów on the way to Łaszczów, sister of Franciszka Kaczor, d/o Walenty Nikodem from Myców). Musiniak Genowefa, 16 (residing in Myców, murdered in Przewów on the way to Łaszczów). The Maryńczak family 3 people, the Michałek family 2 people. One person, Mr. Bronisława Wojner, Edward Wojner's mother, saved herself by hiding under the stone foundation of a wooden church, which was later burnt, she witnessed the murder, and at night she reached Łaszczów, telling the worries there.

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

source: Adamczyk Kazimiera – also: E-mail in the archive of Stanisław Żurek

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

11

min. 11

max. 11

ref. no:

12274

date:

1945.03.27

site

description

general info

Przewodów

1945 [Tomaszów region], typescript — Translation into Polish of the report of the interrogation by an employee of the Security Service of a witness of the terror of the Polish Army and the Citizens' Militia against the Ukrainian inhabitants of the village of Przewodów:
On March 27, 1945 at 6. The Polish Army and Citizens' Militia (about 200 people) carried out a manhunt in the village of Przewodów. In the morning, with a great shooting and shouting, they ran into the village and began their search. Men who did not manage to hide were taken regardless of their age and kept under guard near the People's House. After a long search, they found a hiding place in which the shooters of the commander of 'Czumak' were hidden. Two shooters took up a fight with about 50 soldiers of the Polish Army. When they realized that they would not take the shooters alive or kill them with bullets (because they had a good position), they began to burn the neighboring buildings. The enraged soldiers started shooting civilians as if accidentally. Nobody tried to save burning buildings, because they were shot. For this reason, the fire spread quickly and in a short time 10 barns, 2 huts, 9 stables and the People's House were burned down. The shot civilians were thrown into the fire, calling them 'Banderites'.
Thirteen residents died of bullets at that time, they were: Kozak Fedir, 40, shot for putting out his own hut; Zacharczuk Mykhailo — 35 years old, the man was thrown into the fire; Sokił Wasyl — 22 years old, limping to his leg, killed on the way to Belz for not being able to go; Seniuk Ivan — 38 years old; Czornyj Mykhaylo — a 4‑year‑old child, wounded in the head, died after two hours (the shot was not accidental). Others who were killed were so burned that they were recognized by their pieces of clothing: Tarasiuk Maksym — 67 years old and his son Mychajło — 16 years old, Zaliwski Mykoła — 40 years old, Mełech Foma — 42 years old, Husar Mykoła — 36 years old, Galant Wasyl — 17 years old. When the shooters from the command unit of 'Czumak' saw that they had no choice, they shot themselves; one of them lived for about 3 more hours.
All the detainees were mercilessly beaten and abused, put against the wall against the wall and ordered to hold their hands up. If someone could not stand it, he was mercilessly tortured. Later, they were led to the mud and ordered to lie down, and those who were lying were beaten with chains, sticks, and rifle butts. As a rule, all detainees were beaten on the heads. Apart from that, people were mocked in various ways, for example, Ivan Fedor had his mustache painted with grease and, laughing, they talked: We already have the Flag itself. The perpetrators talked about various stupid things:
— «I will give you Ukraine, you Bulbaman, you banderite s… of b… you will have Ukraine!»
There were a lot of people beaten in the village, almost every inhabitant was beaten. The most affected were: Zubko Petro — 27 years old, Tarasiuk Iwan — 35 years old, Kovalchuk Volodymyr — 40 years old, Rajcher Karło — 57 years old, Tarasiuk Ivan — 50 years old, Kostiureczko Jaroslaw — 18 years old. Everyone was black from head to toe with beatings., the most were beaten on the head. During the operation, the village was completely looted. The soldiers took everything they could get: razors, shaving brushes, soap, shirts, watches, mirrors, knives, spoons, forks, plates and other things. Clothes and shoes were stolen the most, eg Ćwech Łeśko — sheepskin coat, jacket, shoes and skirt; Hetmańczuk Andrij — three sweaters and two pairs of shoes; Nazar Hrihorij — a jacket and a pair of shoes. There were also no farm livestock, horses, carts and pigs. For example, Kałyniwska Maria, a 65‑year‑old widow, took a horse and two 70–80 kg pigs; Hetmanczuk Maksym a horse and cart, Ostap Antin a 100 kg pig. The local mill was also robbed, taking 400 kg of flour and a lot of grain.
9 people were taken to Bełz, two of them were released (they were from a Polish family), and 7 were taken to Hrubieszów. After 14 months, they returned from the prison in Zamość, Mazurok Maksym, Zaliwski Hryhorij, Łućkiw Hryhorij, Hryniuk Jurij, Soroka Iwan (Łućkiw and Zaliwski are 20 years old, others are middle–aged), and to date two have not returned: Mazurok Petro — 30 years old and the second stranger (names unknown) — about 40 years old, who died without a trace.
The action ended at 3 after lunch
”.

source: „UPA - West, VI Military District codenamed 'Syan' ”, file no 76; in: State Archive in Lublin, in: , p. 164

source: „The manhunt in Wires”; in: Siwicki M., „The history of Polish-Ukrainian conflicts ”, in: Warszawa 1994, vol. III, p. 167—169

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

Fragment of the Polish Army terror protocol in the village of Przewodów prepared by an employee of the SB‑OUN 'Czumak' from the V District II of the Zakerzonya Region, as a result of which 15 Ukrainians were strangled, 2 died as a result of torture, 1 died without a trace:
On April 29, 1946 at 6 o'clock. 400 soldiers of the Polish Army and MO  […] After the village was completely plundered, they went to smoking. They set fire to the village without any reason, and they themselves said that they had found ammunition and therefore started to burn. Some of the inhabitants did not manage to escape from the village and had to leave their hiding places and hide in the smoke or otherwise maneuver not to fall into the hands of the maddened Poles.
Some of them did not manage to get out of their hiding places and, due to the lack of air, they choked on. A total of 15 people were killed then, including 13 local people and one stranger who happened to be in the village. These villagers suffocated:
[1] Bazyłewycz Oleksander, age 21,
[2] Kostureczko Jarosław, age 20,
[3] Kostureczko Mykhailo, age 18,
[4] Kostureczko Jurij, age 22,
[5] Mazurak Mychajło, age 21,
[6] Zenon Szastało, 18,
[7] Romaniuk Hryhorij, 18,
[8] Ostapek Hryhorij, 23,
[9] Romaniuk Mykoła, 30,
[10] Soroka Hryhorij, 29,
[11] Soroka Ivan, aged 43 — killed on the surface,
[12] Bilocerkovych Ivan, aged around 28,
[13] Bilocerkovych Sofia, aged 18 i
[14] Senycia Ivan, aged 14.
Many people took with them to Belz without looking if a woman or the old man  […] They arrested one wounded man who was accused of being a 'banderite' by the secret agents. He died in Tomaszów in the hospital. There is no news about the second one. The first one was named Ivanojko Vasyl, and the second Tarasiuk Stepan  […]
They treated civilians in a shameful manner  […] The most beaten was Terlecki's teacher Ivan, who was about 35 years old. He was arrested and taken to Belz. He was sick and couldn't walk quickly, so he was bullied on the way. As he said later, in Belz, where they stripped him naked, one of them sat on his head and beat him with rubber truncheons and poles. After he was released, he was badly bruised on the head and all over his body, so that the body was bruised, rotted and fell off like a syphilitic. He died a week later  […]
Testified by: resident of the village
Interrogated: 'Czumak'

source: „Akt cz. 2 z polśkoho teroru w seli Perewodowi”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 2, sh. 281

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

perpetrators

Poles

victims

Ukrainians

number of

textually:

15—17

min. 15

max. 17

ref. no:

12276

date:

1945.05.14

site

description

general info

Przewodów

Fragment of the memoirs of Vasyl Caryk about the murder of Ukrainians in Wires by soldiers of the Polish Army:
On Monday, a week after Easter, the news spread: the Polish army is going from Bełz to the village together with civil robbers to rob the Ukrainians of what else left. A great fear erupted in Wires. Some of the inhabitants fled, and who failed to do so, hid where anyone could. The robbery and the search for property began. The military ended up discovering the insurgents' hideout. They decided to defend themselves. The Polish order to burn village house by house was heard. It burned down almost completely, and many people died in the fire. Locked in the village house, the following people burned down: Mykyta Husak, Jakiw Kałyniwski, Mychajło Tarasiuk, Iwan Syniuk, Mykoła Zaliski, Tomko Mełech, Wasyl Galant. The latter was 13 years old. Fed'ko Kozak died near his house because he wanted to put his own house on fire, for which he was shot. Ivan Soroka died in the same way: he would not let his house be lit. In the pigsty, Mykhailo Sacharczuk burnt down. As soon as they were leaving Wladowo, the army killed Wasyl Sokal, who was lame on his feet, outside the village. He did not keep up to follow them, because he was taken prisoner  […]
After the departure of the army from the village, people discovered another tragedy: in the bunkers there were 14 bodies of young men, aged 16—26, who suffocated in the smoke. They were: Mykhailo, Sławko and Jurij Kostureczko, Hryhorij Romaniuk, Iwan Sokił, Zenon Szastało, Mykhailo Mazurok, Sofija Biłocerkowyć, her husband Iwan Biocerkowyć, Leśko Bazyłewycz, Mykoła Romaniuk, Hryhorij Soroka, Hryhorij Ostapyk, Sołoducha with an unknown name among the victims.
Civilians should also be mentioned: Sofuja Caruk shot by the Polish Army near the Telatyn forest when she ran away with a cow, Gryhorij Kałyniwski, shot by the Polish Army in Radków, when he was running away from deportation. Polish civilian chauvinists murdered those returning from the Bolshevik Vorspan: Petr Kalyniwski, Ivan Chruszcz and Mykhailo Tarasiuk
”.

source: „Spohad Wasyla Caryka narodżenoho w Perewodowi Sokalśkoho powitu”; in: Huk Bogdan (ed,), „1947 Propamiatna Knyha”, in: Warszawa 1997, p. 463

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

perpetrators

Poles

victims

Ukrainians

number of

textually:

29—30

min. 29

max. 30

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