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GENOCIDIUM ATROX

GENOCIDE perpetrated by UKRAINIANS on POLES

Data for 1943–1947

Site

II Republic of Poland

Witryłów

Brzozów pov., Lwów voiv.

contemporary

Witryłów

Brzozów cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland

Murders

Perpetrators:

Ukrainians

Victims:

Poles

Number of victims:

min.:

11

max.:

11

Location

link to GOOGLE MAPS

events (incidents)

ref. no:

08543

date:

1944.11

site

description

general info

Witryłów

[The Ukrainians] abducted 2 Poles who went missing.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

2

min. 2

max. 2

ref. no:

10909

date:

1946.03.18

site

description

general info

Witryłów

In the village of Witryłów, poviat Brzozów the UPA kidnapped 2 Poles: Jan Pelec and his son Piotr, who disappeared without a trace.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – March 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

perpetrators

Ukrainians

victims

Poles

number of

textually:

2

min. 2

max. 2

ref. no:

11256

date:

1946.09.11

(during the night)

site

description

general info

Witryłów

The UPA from the 'Burlak' sotnya and Ukrainian peasants from the [Ukrainian self–defense] SKW from Ulucz robbed and burned 65 Polish farms and murdered 7 Poles (including 3 women) and wounded 8. „At c. 11.30 p.m. shots rang out and from the side of the San river, the attack on Witryłów started, and a moment later on Hłomcza and Łodzina. Witryłów, thanks to well–organized self–defense, managed to defend himself and was not completely burned. However, 56 houses, farm buildings and Dwernicki's manor buildings were burnt down. Seven people were also cruelly murdered: Franciszka Baran, Kazimiera Dzik, Antoni Kozłowski, Adam Kurzacz, Tadeusz Pelc, Józef Skrzypski and Maria Wituszyńska, and several others were wounded”. Antoni Kozłowski was hanged by the legs upside down in a crude oil tank. Tadeusz Pelc was 6‑7 years old, Józef Skrzypski was over 70 years old.

source: Romaniak Andrzej, „Anniversary of the UPA attack on Witryłów, Łodzina and Hłomcza near Sanok ”; in: „Truth and memory”, in: 7 września 2007 — web page: ludobojstwo.blogspot.com [accessible: 2022.02.25]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.25]

Seven people died in Witryłów. Resistance to the Bandera followers in this village was organized by a group of 11 Polish soldiers quartered there. It was a part of a sub–unit left to protect the buildings, which was sent to act against the UPA on the eve of the attack. The soldiers bravely repelled the Banderites attack. Some members of the self–defense joined the fighting soldiers. Half of the Witryłów village was saved. Together with the UPA sotnya, the civilian Ukrainian population went to plunder the burned villages. The Ukrainian people from Ulucz were the leaders in these robberies. Among the looting, the following people from Ulucz were recognized: women — Cecylia Cykłyńska, Emilia Cykłyńska, Emilia Kreczko, Maria Kułyk and many other people. The following were recognized among the attacking Banderites: Roman Sowa from Jawornik, Wasyl Choma from Ulucz, Teofil Poliwka – son of a deacon from Ulucz, Stebelski from Kuźmina, Jan Iwanicki from Gruszówka, and Piotr Charydczak, Michał Dorocki, Michał Serednicki, Jan Kułyk, Mikołaj Badyra, Mikołaj Kucyła, Mikołaj Tchir, Wasyl Morajka, Wasyl Czarnecki all from Ulucz. This is not a complete list of Ulucz Banderites who took part in the attack on Hłomcza, Łodzina and Witryłów on the night of September 10–11, 1946”.

source: Zielecki Bronisław, „My Life or The Story of a Pole from Ulucz”, in: Warsaw 2014 — web page: www.ulucz.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.25]

Stanisław Wolsan in the book „Witryłów and vicinity in the years 1939–1946”states that 7 people died as a result of the robbery:
— Franciszek Baran – shot on, and then thrown inside a burning house. I have no confirmation as to whether he was only injured or was already dead before being thrown into the fire. The witnesses who saw this were too far away to be able to comment unequivocally. F. Baran was Polish, born and living in Witryłów. Franciszka's husband, Pantaleon Baran, worked in the Dwemicki's property as a «fieldman».
— Kazimiera Dzik – shot in her own home.
— Antoni Kozłowski – captured in an crude oil mine, he was put upside down into a tank partially filled with oil and half his body pressed with the cover of the tank so that he could not save himself.
— Adam Kurzacz, the buyer of part of Dwemicki's property – shot at the moment when he wanted to release the cattle from the barn to save them from being burnt.
— Tadeusz Pelc, son of Jan, boy aged 6‑7 – shot near his house.
— Józef Skrzypski, over 70 years old — shot near his house.
— Maria Wituszyńska — died while escaping from home as a result of shock caused by an attack of Banderites
”.
Several people were injured, including a little girl. The fight against the Banderites lasted about two hours. No one rushed to help, neither the Civic Militia MO from Dydnia, nor the County Public Security Office PUBP from Brzozów, despite telephone alarms from the post office in Dydnia. The head of the Post Office in Dydnia, Ms. Zofia Dmitrzak, who came from Witryłów and was worried about her family, alerted (her mother, Kazimiera Dzik, was shot by the Banderites during the attack). MO in Dydnia was reportedly 'too weak' to help, while PUBP in Brzozów accepted the report of the attack, but then for two hours did not even accept phone calls. Only during the day a few officers came to see the ruins of the burnt buildings. Wolsan writes: „In the attack of the Bandera followers on Witryłów, the sotnya of Włodzimierz Szczygielski, pseudonym 'Burlak', were supported, among others, by also the inhabitants of Ulucz. As an example, let me cite the account of one of the inhabitants of Witryłów, named Kaliniecki, who had a house in the hamlet of Rzeki. A young boy ran into his house during the attack and lit a straw in his bed (at that time, the mattress was rarely used in the countryside, only straw covered with a hemp or linen sheet was enough). Kaliniecki recognized the boy, called him by his name and said in Ruthenian: «Your father and I have been good friends for many years. I used to visit you at Ulucz when you were just a small child and you want to burn my house down now?» The boy was very surprised because he also recognized Kaliniecki. He grabbed a bucket of water standing in the room, flooded the burning bed, and quickly left. The house survived”.

source: Wolsan Stanisław, „Witryłów and vicinity in 1939-1946”, in: Rzeszów 2006

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:

7

min. 7

max. 7

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EXPLANATIONs

  1. 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.
  2. The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
  3. English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
  4. Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
  5. General explanations ⇒ click HERE.
  6. Assumptions as to the number of victims ⇒ click HERE.