Crimes committed by officers of the Citizens' Militia on Ukrainian civilians at the militia station in Wojtkowo in the period from autumn 1944 to spring 1945.
About 40 people were killed there, many tortured before they died.

source: „The crime in Wojtkowa”; in: portal: WikipediA — web page: pl.wikipedia.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

Excerpt from the report of Volodymyr Choma 'Karło', the interrogation of Ivan Domkowicz on July 20, 1945 by the clerk of the SB OUN District III in the 'Chłodny Jar' area, about the murder of the arrested Ukrainians from the surrounding villages by members of the MO post in Wojtkowa:
„The main organizer of the pogrom in the Ukrainian village of Leszczawa was a Roman Catholic priest in Seńkowa [Nowosielc Kozicki] named Ryczan. His efforts led to the order of the militia to destroy the commemorative crosses on the graves. He demanded that for one [killed] Polish woman from Leszczawa Dolna all arrested Ukrainians be shot at the militia in Wojtkowo. The commander of the militia in Wojtkowo put all the prisoners in a row and ordered the policemen to shoot. Since nobody wanted to shoot, he shot them all himself”.

source: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, Cop. VII b (251), sh. 99

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

1945 April 9 — Fragment of the report of the interrogation of the arrested Franciszek Trabenda, a policeman from the MO in Wojtkowa  […] :
„Question: — «You were arrested for taking part in the looting and murder of the Ukrainian population in the villages of Leszczawa Górna and Grąziowa, tell about your activities».
Answer: — «I did not take part in the robberies and killings together with the militia in the above–mentioned villages. I was assigned at the Wojtkowa village station to protect commandant Zarański».
Q: — «The investigating authorities know that several people were killed at the Wojtkowa village station. Tell me who were they and who killed them?»
A: — «Yes, six Ukrainians were killed at the Wojtków station. Three of them were shot by the commandant, the rest by the police — that is us. I do not know the names of the shot people».
Q: — «Since when have you been working as a policeman at the Wojtków station?»
A: — «I have been working as a policeman at the police station since November 1944».
Q: — «How many times did you go out into the field to plunder the Ukrainian population?»
A: — «I left many times with the commandant of the police station or with the militiamen themselves in order to collect taxes from the Ukrainians. We were taking horses, cows, grain and clothing».
Q: — «If you were collecting only from the Ukrainians, it was probably not taxes, but ordinary plunder of the population?»
A: — «Yes, indeed, we only collected from Ukrainians, that is, we robbed them. We took some of our belongings to Przemyśl, and the rest we took for ourselves»”.

source: „Leszczawa Górna”; in: Siwicki M., „The history of Polish-Ukrainian conflicts ”, in: Warszawa 1994, vol. III, p. 240—241

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

Extract from a statistical study of the OUN regional political clerk on the Ukrainian victims of armed formations of the Republic of Poland in the area of the 2nd 'Chłodny Jar' subdivision in District I of the Zakerzonya Region in 1945—1946  […] :
„PRZEMYŚL II (region):  […]
21. Wojtkowa — 8  […]
Stopover, December 4, 1946 B[ojczu]k”.

source: „Chołodnyj Jar'O. II. Statystyczni dani na deń 30 weresnia 1946”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 3, sh. 120

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]

During the raid of the combined UPA sotnyas, 7 Poles were murdered, including: Kalinowski Antoni, Kalinowski Jan, Kalinowski Stanisław, and 12 militiamen.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: /Ks.WP, in: , p. 306 — web page: rodaknet.com [accessible: 2021.04.11]

In Wojtkowa, a Polish school was attacked and a Polish teacher was murdered, I do not remember the name.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Konopelski Edward; in: „Gazeta Bieszczadzka”, in: No. 2/2005

source: Żurek Stanisław, „UPA in Bieszczady”, in: ed. II, Nortom publishing house, Wroclaw 2010, p. 62

„On September 20, 1945, during an attack by a UPA gang on a local MO station, 12 militiamen were killed and 20 civilians – Poles:
Januszczak Jan, s/o Franciszek, b. 1926 (MO – police),
Kalinowski antoni, s/o Franciszek, b. 1925 (MO),
Kalinowski Jan, s/o Tadeusz, b. 1920 (MO),
Kalinowski Stanisław, s/o Teofil, b. 1919 (MO),
Pawluk Zdzisław, s/o Jan, b. 1926 (MO),
Perlakowski Józef, s/o antoni, b. 1923 (MO),
Rożyński Piotr5, s/o Michał, b. 1917 (MO),
Szeremeta Stanisław, s/o Jakub, born in 1901 (MO),
Wilczek Kazimierz, s/o Jan, b. 1902 (MO),
Kuźmiński Franciszek, (ORMO – voluntary reserve police),
Sztockinger Wilhelm, (ORMO),
NN,
13 – 32. NN civilians – residents of Wojtkowo – murdered by the UPA.
The UPA band failed to capture the post, the attackers were forced to withdraw”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Siekierka Szczepan, Komański Henryk, Bulzacki Krzysztof, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Lviv voivodship 1939-1947”, in: Wroclaw 2006, p. 144—145

See September 29.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

The UPA attacked a MO station and killed 15 policemen and 20 civilian Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Wyciślak Jan Lucjan

Others: „In Wojtkowej, September 29, 1945, burlaki «Burłaki» and «Łastiwki», which had their bases in nearby villages, attacked the local MO station and the Commune Board. after a long fight, the post was captured and burned. E. Ginalski reports that 15 militiamen and 20 peasants were killed in the UPA raid under the command of Jarosław Hamiłka (probably an NKVD agent who was then an economic clerk for the OUN district). Witold Garbarczyk wrote in his memoirs that 35 Poles, including 5 militiamen, were killed during the attack. In Ukrainian reports, the date of the attack is sometimes given for September 28, 1945. according to other sources, the Bandera followers abducted the commander of the MO post, and a platoon deputy. They shot Wilczek. Moreover, they shot 6 Polish inhabitants of Wojtkowo and burned down all the buildings. In turn, other Ukrainian reports say that on September 28, 1945, the sotnya «Burlaki» attacked Wojtkowo. 12 militiamen were killed and 2 were taken to the forest. Moreover, 7 inhabitants of villages of Polish nationality were murdered. The buildings of the MO post, post office and many rural buildings were burned down. The Banderites obtained over a dozen firearms, a lot of ammunition and the archives of the MO. The policemen were probably secret soldiers of the disbanded Home Army AK Group «Warta». The situation was so serious that on September 30, as a result of pleas from several men who had come for help after the murder and burning of the village, 3 tanks with troops and 60 mounted soldiers from Sanok arrived. In the evening, the soldiers returned to Sanok, fearing the attack. Wojtkowa was abandoned. Ukrainian inhabitants of the village fled to the forest. On the way back, on the other side of the hill behind Nowosielce Kozickie, from Ropienka and Wańkowa, the Bandera followers attacked the retreating soldiers of the Polish army. The attackers retreated after a short fight”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Zapałowski Andrzej, „Border on fire”, in: ASPRA-JR Publishing House, History of the Peasant Movement Museum, Warsaw 2016, p. 217—218 — web page: ptg.edu.pl [accessible: 2021.06.10]

On September 20, 1945, during an attack by a UPA gang on a local MO station, 12 policemen were killed and 20 civilians – Poles: Januszczak Jan, s/o Franciszek, born 1926 (MO), Kalinowski Antoni, s/o Franciszek, b. 1925 (MO), Kalinowski Jan, s/o Tadeusz, b. 1920 (MO), Kalinowski Stanisław, s/o Teofil, b. 1919 (MO), Pawluk Zdzisław, s/o Jan, b. 1926 (MO), Józef Perlakowski, s/o Antoni, b. 1923 (MO), Rożyński Piotr, s/o Michał, b. 1917 (MO), Szeremeta Stanisław, s/o Jakub, born 1901 (MO), Wilczek Kazimierz, s/o Jan, b. 1902 r. (MO), Kuźmiński Franciszek, (ORMO), Sztockinger Wilhelm, (ORMO), NN, 13–32. NN civilians – residents of Wojtkowo – murdered by the UPA. The UPA band failed to capture the post, the attackers were forced to withdraw.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Siekierka Szczepan, Komański Henryk, Bulzacki Krzysztof, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Lviv voivodship 1939-1947”, in: Wroclaw 2006, p. 144—145

In the letter correspondence with me, Mr. Tadeusz Markowicz stated that there was one UPA raid on the MO station in Wojtkowo, on September 29, 1945. Four militiamen were killed during this attack. He also said that the UPA transported the head of the school, Mr. Lachowicz, in a cart towards Tura (Wojtkowa hamlet), who had never returned.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – September 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: „letter in the archives of S.Ż”

During another attack, the UPA murdered 35 Poles, including 20 civilians and 15 militiamen. Others: „Next attack of the combined UPA sotnyas on the countryside. Breaking down a MO post, throwing captured, wounded militiamen into the fire. Burn all Polish farms and shoot 20” Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Jan Lucjan Wyciślak, „UPA activities - victims and perpetrators” — web page: www.rodaknet.com [accessible: 2021.04.11]

„On October 22, 1945, there was a second attack by the UPA gang in increased force on the MO station. The attackers captured the post. Fifteen militiamen were killed in defense, including two wounded by the UPA who threw them alive into the fire. All Polish buildings were burned down and 20 Poles who were captured during the” escape were murdered. However, only one name of the dead is given: „Barna Włodzimierz, s/o Piotr, born on 1906 (MO)”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Siekierka Szczepan, Komański Henryk, Bulzacki Krzysztof, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Lviv voivodship 1939-1947”, in: Wroclaw 2006, p. 145

Extract from the file of the SB OUN clerk in the area of the 2nd district 'Chłodny Jar', from November 2, 1946, about the murder of a Ukrainian, Paweł Łyska from Wojtkowa, by policemen from Wojtkowo:
„Weaver Stepan — Wojtkowa, he denounced Paweł Łyska at the MO in Wojtkowa, that he has rifle. The aforementioned was arrested by MO and they shot him in Wojtkowa”.

source: „Pidozrili. Wypys z kartoteki”; in: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 072/1, vol. 25, sh. 229

source: Huk Bogdan with a group of friends, „Murders of the Ukrainian population 1944-1947”; in: portal: Ruthenian apocrypha — web page: www.apokryfruski.org [accessible: 2021.09.30]