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
Soroczyn
Włodzimierz Wołyński pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Turiisk rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
140
max.:
300
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
02657
date:
1943.08.29
site
description
general info
Soroczyn
Orthodox feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: the UPA and Ukrainian peasants from nearby villages murdered over 140 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siemaszko Władysław, Siemaszko Ewa, „The genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists on the Polish population of Volhynia 1939 - 1945”, in: Warsaw 2000, p. 882
In Soroczyna, the UPA murdered about 300 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Wójtowicz Leszek, „Memory crosses”, including: testimony of a witness, Franciszka Prus from Włodzimierz Wołyński; in: „Lublin Journal”, in: October 25, 2005
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
more than 140, c. 300
min. 140
max. 300
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EXPLANATIONs
- Lack of info about the perpetrators in the description of a given event (Incident) indicates that the blame should be attributed to the perpetrators listed in general info section.
- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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- Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
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