Easter Monday – „Investigation into the crime of genocide committed on April 10, 1944 in Busieniec, Buśno, and Putnowice Kolonia, Chełm county, Lublin voivodeship, involving the murder of Józef Sz., A family named W. and other people among others civilians living in these localities, in an undetermined manner, by Ukrainian nationalists who, by committing these acts, acted to destroy the Polish national group (S. 13/10 / Zi). In the course of the conducted preparatory proceedings, all the facts of the acts committed by Ukrainian nationalists cooperating with the German occupiers on the Polish civilian population living in the villages of the Hrubieszów county were clarified, including the murder of Józef Sz., which happened on April 10, 1944 in the town of Busieniec; the murders of Jan and Tacjana, the spouses of W. and their children: Stanisław, Stefania, Marian and Aniela, and Wacław B., which took place on April 10, 1944 in the town of Busieniec; the murders of Stanisław Z., Wiktor B., Antoni O., Stanisław T. and Stanisław Ch., which took place on April 10, 1944 in the village of Kolonia Putnowice; the murder of Bronisław R. from the town of Grabowiec, which took place on April 10, 1944 in the town of Kolonia Putnowice; the murders of Stanisław and Anastasia of the spouses F., Kazimierz and Leokadia, spouses Ł., their son Bogdan, Maria Z. and Zbigniew N; the murder of Jan P., which took place on April 10 or 14, 1944 in the town of Buśno or Kurmanów; the murders of an undetermined number of people, most likely 5 or 6, which took place on April 10, 1944 in the town of Maziarnia”.

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

source: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Lublin, in: ref. No. S 13/10/Zi

Myrosław Onyszkewycz „Orest Karat” gave the order: „I order you to purge your area immediately from the Polish element and Ukrainian–Bolshevik agents. The purge should be carried out in riverside hostels sparsely populated by Poles. To this end, create a militia near the area, composed of our members, whose task would be to eliminate the above–mentioned. Our larger hostels will be cleared of this element by our military units even in broad daylight  […] The clearing of the area must be completed before our Easter so that we can celebrate it without Poles. Remember that when the Bolsheviks find us with Poles in our territory, they will slaughter us all  […] Make a hard, ruthless fight with them. Not to spare anyone, even in mixed marriages. To take Lachs out of their houses, but The Ukrainians and children in these houses should not be liquidated  […] Get the gun. Death to the Poles. Stop, April 6, 1944. Glory to the heroes! Orest, Karat” This order is in the files of the investigation against Myroslav Onyshhevych.

source: Miszko Przemysław, Matkowski Krzysztof, „Crimes of genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists in Eastern Lesser Poland in 1939—1945 against persons of Polish nationality - in the light of investigations by OKŚZPNP in Wrocław”; in: „Crimes of the past, studies and materials of IPN prosecutors”, in: Warszawa 2008, vol. 2 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]