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.:
174
max.:
248
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles and Ukrainians
Number of victims:
min.:
48
max.:
48
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
00029
date:
1943.01.24
site
description
general info
Uhnów
(in the vicinity)
The Ukrainians murdered 6 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th Anniversary of the OUN-UPA genocide – January 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
00439
date:
1943.03
site
description
general info
Uhnów
The UPA murdered 68 Poles, 31 victims were named by name, most of the bodies were burnt, which made identification impossible.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – March 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
68
min. 68
max. 68
ref. no:
04034
date:
1943.07–1943.12
site
description
general info
Uhnów
In the second half of 1943, they murdered 3 Poles, including the commune administrator Jan Piroszego.
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:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
06145
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Uhnów
The Ukrainians murdered 70 Poles.
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:
70
min. 70
max. 70
ref. no:
06906
date:
1944.04
site
description
general info
Uhnów
The Ukrainians murdered Ludwik Kraus.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
07613
date:
1944.07.19
site
description
general info
Uhnów
The Ukrainians murdered 22‑year‑old Mieczysław Podgórski.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 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:
08817
date:
1944.12
site
description
general info
Uhnów
Jan Piroszy, the mayor, was murdered.
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:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
09556
date:
1945.03.22
site
description
general info
Uhnów
The UPA massacred 6 Poles, including 3 policemen.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
10954
date:
1946.04.14
site
description
general info
Uhnów
In the village of Uhnów, poviat Tomaszów Lubelski, the UPA from the 'Zeleźniak' sotnya killed 30 soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces during an attack on a railway station and burned 10 railway carriages, killing 18 Ukrainians — displaced persons.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles and Ukrainians
number of
textually:
48
min. 48
max. 48
ref. no:
10962
date:
1946.04.16
site
description
general info
On the road Uhnów – Bełz, poviat Lubaczów, 12 soldiers of the Polish Army were killed in a UPA ambush.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 349
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
12
min. 12
max. 12
ref. no:
10961
date:
1946.04.16
site
description
general info
On the Uhnów – Rzeczyca road, poviat Lubaczów, 12 soldiers of the Polish Army were killed in a UPA ambush.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 349
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
12
min. 12
max. 12
ref. no:
10968
date:
1946.04.17
site
description
general info
Uhnów
In the village of Uhnów, poviat Tomaszów Lubelski, 7 soldiers of the Polish Army were killed in a UPA ambush.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
7
min. 7
max. 7
ref. no:
10976
date:
1946.04.21
site
description
general info
Uhnów
(railway station)
At the Uhnów railway station, poviat Tomaszów Lubelski, the UPA burnt the station buildings and killed two Polish Army soldiers. At 22.45, sotnya 'Szum' struck the Uhnów railway station, where about 200 Ukrainian families were staying, waiting for their departure to the USSR. The station was protected by 50 soldiers from 7th IR of the 3rd Infantry Division. As a result of the action, two soldiers were killed and three were injured. The Ukrainians burned down the train station, 23 empty wagons, and six sugar wagons. Two people died from among the civilian population. 120 displaced people escaped.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 343
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
10977
date:
1946.04.23
site
description
general info
Uhnów
In the village of Uhnów, poviat Tomaszów Lubelski, the UPA murdered 7 Poles, policemen.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
7
min. 7
max. 7
ref. no:
11013
date:
1946.05.12
site
description
general info
On the railway route Uchnów – Korczów, poviat Lubaczów: „On May 12, 1946, the UPA 'Shum' gang attacked railroad transport with soldiers on board in the Uchnów – Korczów, poviat Lubaczów (now Biłgoraj poviat) section of the railway line. As a result of shots and planted mines, a train consisting of 50 wagons was derailed, with about 50 soldiers of the Polish Army killed and several dozen injured. All 50 wagons were burned”. Edward Prus quotes „List of criminal acts committed by UPA gangs in 1944‑1947”, compiled at the 'C' Department of the Provincial Office of Internal Affairs in Rzeszów. In this „List” attacks on the Uchnów (Dachnów) railway station, poviat Lubaczów, where about 30 soldiers of the Polish Army were to die on April 24, 1946, and on May 12, 1946, were mentioned.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1946 and Spring of 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
source: Prus Edward, „Operation "Vistula"”, in: ed. IV, Wroclaw 2006, p. 280—281
According to official data, the raid on the Uhniv railway station took place on April 21, 1946 and 2 Polish Army WP soldiers wer killed then and 3 were wounded.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1946 and Spring of 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 343
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
50
min. 50
max. 50
ref. no:
11242
date:
1946.09.01
site
description
general info
Uhnów
The UPA murdered two soldiers of the Polish Army.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
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EXPLANATIONs
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- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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