The UPAs kidnapped 2 Poles who went missing: „I found on the website http://www.stankiewicze.com/ludobojstwo/1944_2.html about the murder of two Poles on March 8, 1944 in Witwica (now Ukraine – a village near Bolekhiv). The information about this fact undoubtedly concerns the murder of my great–grandfather Teodor Mielnikiewicz and his son Włodzimierz (my grandmother's brother). The family was a mixed family, Theodor (and his sons) were baptized in the Gr–kat rite, and his wife (Wilhelmina née Jorman) was a reign (all daughters too). Teodor and his son Włodzimierz ran a forge in Witwica. Undoubtedly, they knew Polish (they read the classics in that language), but I don't know what language they used on a daily basis at home – there are different opinions in the family (probably Ukrainian, though). The village was inhabited mainly by Ruthenians (gr–kat). There is a Greek Catholic church in the village. According to family records, the whole family went to pray to a nearby church rather than to a distant church in Bolekhiv. After the war, one d/o Teodor and Wilhelmina stayed in Ukraine (she married a Ukrainian, but with numerous ties to Roman Catholics). Włodzimierz's daughters (together with their mother – widow of Włodzimierz) stayed in their native land and married typical The Ukrainians (they are still alive, the widow died in 2004). The rest of the siblings became associated with non–Catholics and left for central Poland before the war. The sons changed the rite to the ruler after the war. It is difficult for me to say who Theodore and his son considered themselves to be (in terms of national affiliation). After the war, by definition, the gr–kat were considered Ukrainians, and the rulers were Poles. And the most important issue, according to family accounts of Teodor and his son, they were abducted and then murdered in an unknown place by a family band from the nearby Kniaziołuka and it was a robbery murder (Wilhelmina was also beaten). The family was considered to be hardworking (and wealthy in terms of local relations) and was respected in the village. It is very unlikely that the murder is related to politics. The bodies of both murdered people were not found. I found a police note about this event in the Lublin Archives, but there were no details of”.

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

source: Macewicz Włodzimierz

On On March 8, a total of 15 people were murdered in Wełdzirz and Witwica.

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

source: „News from the Eastern Lands”, no 6; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: Kr. 075/9, vol. 1, sh. 223—224, 232—233