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.:
44
max.:
114
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
02922
date:
1943.08
site
description
general info
Wydżgów
The Ukrainians murdered the Poles living here, several families, the number of victims has not been established. Stanisław Pałek „learned about the events of 1943 from the stories told by her relatives. One of them was cousin Amelia Steczuk, who, as a four‑year‑old girl, experienced her own death. Amelia lived with her sister Bronisława and parents in Wydżgów (Olesk commune, Włodzimierz county). At the end of August 1943, the village was finally cleared of Poles. The incident probably surprised the girls' parents while working in the fields, where they immediately hid. The daughters were either at or near the house at that time. Both daughters were to be killed by hitting the back of the head with a shovel. After the torturer was struck by the tormentor, they were thrown into the potato pits and covered with earth. After an undefined time Amelka, which was lying on the Weapon awoke and rose to the surface. Dizzy, she came to the Ukrainian farm. She lost her speech due to a head injury and shock. The neighbors hid her in the basement and informed the Poles that they had a girl who had survived. The next night a man showed up and took the baby to a safer place. With time, Amelka regained her speech but it was disturbed. Luckily her parents” also found themselves.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: recollections of Ms Stanisława Pałka; in: „From Volhynia to the Iłżec Land”, portal: Iłża Serwis — web page: www.ilza.com.pl [accessible: 2021.01.28]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
a dozen or so families
min. 44
max. 114
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EXPLANATIONs
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- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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