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.:
20
max.:
20
events (incidents)
ref. no:
02980
date:
1943.09.05
site
description
general info
Usznia
On September 5, he was shot dead between 17–18 on the road from Usznia to Gawareczyzna [Złoczów] late Turkish Roman, born in 1915, forester from Biały Kamień. The body was thrown into the pit and buried. The funeral took place on September 8 in Biały Kamień. Together with that, the late Gabryluk Kazimierz, b. 1920, from Bużek, Biały Kamień [Złoczów] collective commune. He was found in the same ditch.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – September 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „1943, September 18 - Letter from PolKO in Złoczów to the RGO Delegate in Lviv regarding Ukrainian attacks on the Polish population”, fragments of an investigation conducted by the Institute of National Remembrance in Rzeszów in 2005-2006 and discontinued on July 6, 2006; in: National Ossoliński Institute, Wrocław, in: No. 16721/2, p. 49—50
On April 6, 1944, Holy Thursday, I went to sleep in my hiding place in the attic, and my wife, with my children and younger sisters, stayed in the apartment. For a long time, a Ukrainian policeman from the local police station came to my house quite often. The visits were social and even friendly. I liked him, I believed in his friendly attitude towards me. We were united by common interests. When that tragic Thursday night fell, someone suddenly knocked vigorously on the front door. My wife came to the door and asked: „who's knocking?”. She heard the familiar voice of this policeman. She opened it for him without hesitation and asked what happened that he was coming so late. In response, she was hit with a rifle butt and fell fainting. Then the policeman killed her with a rifle shot. My 5‑year‑old son, scared by this sight, hid imperceptibly behind the couch and he witnessed this bloody scene. The policeman, who was followed by two or three murderers, ordered the other people, that is Maria, Krystyna and the two children, to line up. My three‑year‑old son turned to the policeman: „If you want money, I will give you” and took a zloty out of his pocket. Then one of the tormentors grabbed the child by the legs and smashed its head against the wall. Then others shot both my wife's younger sisters and my 6‑year‑old daughter. After the murder, the murderers robbed the apartment. After some time, my daughter recovered from the shot she received and started to cry, asking for a drink. Then the policeman burst into the room and, seeing that the child was alive, finished it with a bayonet.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – September 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Central Archives of Modern Records, in: AK, 203 /XV/ 42, sh. 20—26
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
07260
date:
1944.05
site
description
general info
Usznia
As a result of denunciation by Ukrainian policemen, the Gestapo arrested 20 Poles: one managed to escape and 19 were shot.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
19
min. 19
max. 19
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