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
Widynów
Śniatyn pov., Stanisławów voiv.
contemporary
Vydyniv
Sniatyn rai., Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk obl., Ukraine
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
15
max.:
15
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
06153
date:
1944.03
site
description
general info
Widynów
The Ukrainians murdered a Polish family of three: grandparents and their 14‑year‑old grandson, Karol Wesołowski.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
[Józef Matusiak], escaping from his home village [Dżurów], encountered many more signs of murders.
„In March 1944, in the village of Widynów, Karol Nowakowski, 14, s/o Józef Nowakowski from Dżurów, died at the hands of the Banderites. At that time, he was staying with his grandparents. Grandparents were also murdered […]
How much Poles suffered the Borderlands in this former Polish soil, no pen and description can fully convey. The bloody glow of the burnt villages, settlements and towns in Pokuttia region spread terror and fear, heralded tragedy and crimes. The Pokuttia lands got splashed down with blood”.
source: Załęczny Jolanta, „Murders not only in Volhynia”, Józef Matusiak memoirs, October 2004; in: „Independence and memories”, in: No. 3—4 (43—44), 2013 — web page: bazhum.muzhp.pl [accessible: 2021.05.30]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
06916
date:
1944.04
site
description
general info
Widynów
The Ukrainians murdered 12 Poles, including a family of 3 and a 4‑year‑old boy.
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:
12
min. 12
max. 12
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EXPLANATIONs
- Lack of info about the perpetrators in the description of a given event (Incident) indicates that the blame should be attributed to the perpetrators listed in general info section.
- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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