In the village of Stechnikowce, one of the Ukrainians had a Polish wife and two daughters with her. At the end of 1943, he received a letter from the UPA Bandera followers, in which he was ordered to immediately kill his wife and both daughters for being Polish. Husband and father – the Ukrainian did not obey this order. So he received another letter with an order and threats, but he did not obey the order a second time. Some time later he received a third letter with similar content, with a warning that if he did not do it himself, others would do it. After that third letter, he already knew the killers were coming. He then sharpened his ax, not to obey an order, but to defend himself. A few days later, during the night, someone started pounding hard on the door, so he grabbed the ax and stood in the hallway outside the door. When the door was breached, the first murderer burst in, and the host–defender hit him with all his might with the blade of the ax. The attacker fell, followed by the second. The same thing happened to him. There were no more attackers. Then the host lit a lamp to see the Bandera followers. And he saw the bodies of his father and brother.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: „Anna Derkacz and Mieczysław Bratkowski's accounts”; in: „In the Outlands”, in: No. 29/1998, p. 38

After being tortured, the local Bandera murdered Ludwik Piotrowski, 41.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – September 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

A Ukrainian, Danyło Chemij, received a letter from the provincial of the OUN or from the commander of the UPA, ordering him to kill his wife, a Pole, and their two daughters, because they were Polish. He did not, and received two more letters threatening others to do so. He prepared to defend himself. When two attackers broke down the door at night, he hit it with an ax. He lit the lamp and saw that it was his father and brother.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004, p. 383

The Upowcy murdered 5 Poles: a mother and daughters, aged 14 and 16, and a father and son.

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

In the evening a few armed bandits came to Michał Snihor, who lived in the colony. They asked the hostess to prepare a nice dinner. This one fed the newcomers whatever she could. When they ate, they thanked them and rested for a while. When it got dark outside, one of the Banderites said: „and teper birim sia for the robot”. They shot a woman and two daughters, and the wounded farmer fell down and lost consciousness. The attackers set fire to the house and left. When Michał Snihur regained consciousness, he got out of the burning house and rushed to run into the field. The Banderites noticed him and fired a few shots, fortunately not on target.

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

source: Rybka Maria, recollections; in: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004, p. 851

The Ukrainians beat a Pole named Barabasz and drowned him in a well.

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