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
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
105
max.:
165
events (incidents)
ref. no:
01184
date:
1943.03–1943.06
(spring)
site
description
general info
Staryki
The Ukrainians murdered Stanisław Stawiński.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
01037
date:
1943.05
site
description
general info
In May 1943, in the village of Borowe, the Orthodox clergyman Mykhailo Symonowycz blessed the UPA in the church courtyard and blessed the tools of their crime before his expedition to the Polish villages of Rudnia Lwa and Staryki.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 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. 757
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
ref. no:
00900
date:
1943.05.28
site
description
general info
Staryki
About 600 UPA and Ukrainian peasants from the neighboring villages of Czabel, Jasnogórka, and Wyry slaughtered 90–150 Poles. They murdered in a sadistic way: they torn small children by their feet, put them on pegs or threw them into burning houses. „The last group to liquidate the village were women and children who robbed, gathered livestock for kidnapping and set fire to” buildings.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 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. 771—772
My aunt Honorata Jasińska and her two children were stabbed with a pitchfork in the Dąbrowa cottage. Neighbor Apolonia Grabowska was also stabbed with a pitchfork, she was in an advanced state of pregnancy and she could not escape. Ms. Mierzejewska's teacher and her 14‑year‑old son Henryk were hanged upside down on a tree, they cut off body parts and gouged out their eyes.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Bogdanowa Jadwiga, „Historical supplement of the Institute of National Remembrance”, 2/2009; in: „Nasz Dziennik”, in: February 27, 2009
Jadwiga Bogdanowa reports that about 150 Poles were murdered in Staryki that day. „I witnessed the attack of the UPA gang on the village of Staryki on May 29, 1943 […] The inhabitants expected an attack, they were prepared to escape at any moment. My grandmother's brother Antoni Garbowski played a great role in defending the inhabitants, who had a weapon (probably a submachine gun) and stopped the attackers for the time needed to escape. However, many inhabitants (about 150 people according to my grandparents) died in the fire, mainly old people and children […] The attacking unit was called by my grandparents 'bulbachy', maybe from Taras Bulba. I also remember the nickname of one of the attackers' leaders – Huk”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Lech Henryk; in: portal: Volhynia pages — web page: free.of.pl [accessible: 2021.04.11]
In June 1943, in the church in Siedliszcze, the instruments of the murder were consecrated by the Orthodox clergyman Kałynowski: axes, scythes, bayonets, etc. During a solemn ceremony attended by commander of Bulbowski militias of various rank, Hryhoryj Prymak was promoted for his services in the liquidation of the village of Staryki.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – May 1943, Spring 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. 781
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
90 – 150
min. 90
max. 150
ref. no:
01437
date:
1943.06
site
description
general info
Staryki
The Ukrainians murdered 3 Poles, including a woman.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1943 June and the first half of the year”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
03128
date:
1943.06–1943.09
(summer)
site
description
general info
The Ukrainians murdered groups of Poles going to their fields to get food.
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]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
unknown
ref. no:
03925
date:
1943.09–1943.12
(autumn)
site
description
general info
Staryki
The Ukrainians murdered 11 Poles who were returning to their homes for food.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of genocide – November and fall of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
11
min. 11
max. 11
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