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
Stężarzyce
Włodzimierz Wołyński pov., Volhynian voiv.
contemporary
Stenzharychi
Volodymyr-Volynskyi rai., Volyn obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
0
max.:
207
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
04485
date:
1943
site
description
general info
The UPA murdered a young boy named Kałun and the father of Leokadia Ignaciuk.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
02336
date:
1943.07
site
description
general info
Local Ukrainian peasants murdered 22 Poles who went to their farms for food.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
22
min. 22
max. 22
ref. no:
01741
date:
1943.07.12
site
description
general info
Local UPA militants „Blood Potap” kidnapped 61‑year‑old Fr Karol Baran, where they punched him with a saw in a wooden trough, and The local Ukrainians murdered 7 Poles, including a teacher, tying some of their hands with barbed wire and torturing them. By the end of July, 22 more people who had come to their farms for food were murdered.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
8 – 30
min. 8
max. 30
ref. no:
02890
date:
1943.08
site
description
general info
[The Ukrainians] murdered Albin Danilczuk „Zabużniak”, a member of the Home Army from Horodło.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
03817
date:
1943.12.06
site
description
general info
The local UPA and Ukrainian peasants murdered whole families, mostly with axes.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
42
min. 42
max. 42
ref. no:
04850
date:
1944.01
site
description
general info
The Ukrainians persuaded 2 Polish families to return and then murdered them – 11 Poles. In 1944, the Home Army unit discovered a dozen bodies buried under school desks, including the teacher's family, in a well in the school yard, and Poles were also found in other farmyards. In total, the Ukrainians murdered at least 104 Poles in this village.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
11 – 104
min. 11
max. 104
ref. no:
05200
date:
1944.02.29
site
description
general info
A 19‑year‑old partisan, 27 DWAK, was killed in the fight against the UPA.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; 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:
05769
date:
1944.03.24
site
description
general info
Five 27 DWAK partisans were killed in the fight against the UPA, including 14‑year‑old Ryszard Kozub.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
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