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
Puków
Rohatyn pov., Stanisławów voiv.
contemporary
Pukiv
Rohatyn rai., Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
31
max.:
31
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
03322
date:
1943.10.01
site
description
general info
Puków
On October 1, 1943, he and his friend were kidnapped by UPA militants, and an official of the Rycerz Roman forestry company, 24 years old, was murdered in the forest after being beaten and mutilated.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – October 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]
source: Central Archives of Modern Records, in: AK, ref. No. 203 /XV/42, sh. 20—26
After dragging them to the forest, cruelly beaten and mutilated, they were (as it seemed to the attackers) murdered. The next day – in the morning hours, the victims of the robbery were found. R. Knight was already dead and his friend was seriously wounded. Managed to testify. After the investigation, the Germans lost their interest in this matter.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – October 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Dłuski Stanisław, „A fragment of a great crime”; in: „Polish Forest”, in: No. 12, 1991
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
04940
date:
1944.02.07
site
description
general info
Puków
The Banderites murdered 6 Polish families; 30 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Situation Report from the Polish Territories, No. 8/44”; in: The Polish Institute and the Gen. Sikorski in London, in: no: PRM — 122
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6 families
min. 30
max. 30
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