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
Astrachanka
Kostopol pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Berezne rai., Rivne obl., Ukraine
general info
locality non—existent
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
15
max.:
15
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
02749
date:
1943.08
site
description
general info
Astrachanka
In a secret spot or grange of Astrachanka in Kostopol county about 15 Poles were murdered in the wilderness or in the forest in the second half of August. „The UPA tied a wire noose around the neck of one of the victims, Florian Dziombowski, and dragged the horse”.
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. 243
The village was located next to the „Watchtower «Astrakhan» [which] in the years 1928‑1939 functioned in the organizational structure of the 3rd border company «Bielczaki» [of the 2. border battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Border Protection Corps KOP]. The watchtower consisted of about 18 soldiers and was located at the border line with the task of direct protection of the state border […] 5 kilometers wide from the border marker No 1494 to 1499 […] ”
source: „„Astrachanka” KOP Watchtower”; in: portal: WikipediA — web page: pl.wikipedia.org [accessible: 2022.02.17]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
15
min. 15
max. 15
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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.
- English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
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