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.:
12
max.:
12
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
04493
date:
1943
site
description
general info
Szczurowice
The Ukrainian police arrested him by the Gestapo, interrogated him and released Fr Jan Witek. While returning to the presbytery (in the second half of 1943), he was arrested by the Ukrainian „partisans” and murdered.
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. 323
Fr Jan Witek, pastor of the Szczurowice parish in the Radziechów county (Archdiocese of Lviv, Brody deanery), Tarnopol voivodship; arrested on May 25, 1943 by the Ukrainian police, he died in prison in mysterious circumstances.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siemaszko Ewa, „Catholic priests murdered in 1939—1946 by the Ukrainian nationalists (OUN thugs, UPA thugs/ Banderites, Ukrainian policemen and Ukrainians serving in SS-Galizien division) on the territories of pre-war Volhynia, Lviv, Stanislaviv, Ternopil, Polesya and Lublin voivodships”; in: „Recollections of those who survived”, portal: Volhynia of our forebearers — web page: www.nawolyniu.pl [accessible: 2020.02.01]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
04577
date:
1944.01.01
site
description
general info
Szczurowice
The Banderites murdered a Polish family of five: „On January 1, 1944, they were murdered: 1. Brzuchacz Józef, 65; 2. Belly Olga, 52; 3. Brzuchacz Mieczysław age 38, blind master of law; 4. Brzuchacz Jadwiga, a 21‑year‑old daughter, finished high school; 5. Brzuchacz Władysława, d/o 19 years, graduated from” high school.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Komański and Siekierka for the Tarnopol province (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2015, vol. 7
Polish Delegation KO in Stojanów informed the local Committee on April 4, 1944 that on January 1, 1944, unknown perpetrators attacked the house of a Polish school teacher in the village of Rzeszowice, district Radychów and murdered this teacher's family consisting of 5 people: 1. Brzuchacz Józef, teacher, about 60 years old; 2. Brzuchacz Anna, born wife, about 55 years old; 3. Brzuchacz Mieczysław, son, about 35 years old; 4. Brzuchacz Jadwiga, daughter, about 23 years old; 5. Brzuchacz Władysława, daughter, about 19. The funeral of the murdered was held on January 4, 1944, assisted by the security authorities, at the expense of the community.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1944, January 4 - Letter of the PolKO Delegation in Kamionka Strumiłowa to the RGO Delegate in Lviv regarding the abductions and murders of Poles in the vicinity of Kamionka Strumiłowa and Radziechów”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/1, sh. 177
The murder took place in the village of Szczurowice.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; 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. 324
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
5
min. 5
max. 5
ref. no:
04613
date:
1944.01.08
site
description
general info
Szczurowice
TOY Marian, 35 years old, married, secretary of the commune in Szczurowice, county Kamionka Str. Was murdered by unknown perpetrators on January 8, 1944. The body of the murdered was found a few days after the fact.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1944, January 31 - List of Poles murdered or kidnapped in January 1944 and a description of the attack on the forester's lodge in Maziarnia Gogołowa”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16722/2, p. 5
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
05458
date:
1944.01.27–1944.03.02
site
description
general info
Szczurowice
In the local area of Pol. K. O. during the period from January 27 to the present day, the [Ukrainians] murdered the following people of Polish nationality […] county Radziechów: 1 person was murdered…
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1944, March 2 - Special report of the PolKO in Kamionka Strumiłowa for the RGO in Krakow concerning the mass murders of the Polish population by Ukrainians. Kamionka Strumiłowa on March 2, 1944”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16722/2, p. 44385
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
06893
date:
1944.04
site
description
general info
Szczurowice
The Ukrainians murdered the 4–person Stynkowski family with their daughter and son.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
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