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
Szutromińce
Zaleszczyki pov., Tarnopol voiv.
contemporary
Shutromyntsi
Zalishchyky rai., Ternopil obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
39
max.:
40
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
03841
date:
1943.12.14
site
description
general info
Szutromińce
(in the vicinity)
The Banderites murdered 3 Poles; They were: Karol Rapała, a forester, his nephew and an assistant who accompanied him at work.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Orłowski Edward, „Foresters who died during the war and persecution in 1938-1949 in Eastern Lesser Poland and the post-war Rzeszów region”; in: Regional Directorate of State Forests in Krosno — web page: www.krosno.lasy.gov.pl [accessible: 2021.01.29]
On 14/15 December, at night, 5 armed men stormed the Rapała forester in Szutreminiec and were to demand horses. When the horses were harnessed, the bandits, before leaving, murdered the forester and his 22‑year‑old nephew – a Liegenschaft worker in Szutremińce, who lived with his uncle. Rapała left 4 orphans with no supplies.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – December 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1943, December 16 - Letter from PolKO Czortków to the RGO in Krakow regarding further attacks on the Polish population and requests for help for the victims”; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/1, p. 81—82
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2 – 3
min. 2
max. 3
ref. no:
08150
date:
1944.10.13–1944.10.14
site
description
general info
Szutromińce
The UPA murdered 7 Poles: the Czarniecki family of 5 with 3 children and a forester named Kępała with his son.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
7
min. 7
max. 7
ref. no:
08810
date:
1944.12
site
description
general info
Szutromińce
The Banderites murdered 30 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
30
min. 30
max. 30
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