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
Zahoczewie
Lesko pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Lesko cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
9
max.:
9
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
08388
date:
1944.11.16
site
description
general info
Zahoczewie
The UPA hanged 1 Pole and 1 Ukrainian.
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:
09232
date:
1945.01.12
site
description
general info
Zahoczewie
In the Bieszczady Mountains, the UPA hanged a Pole, Stefan Borowski, and a Ukrainian, Dymitr Gomółka, and sentenced cards, signed by the OUN, were attached to their bodies.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – January 1945”; 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:
10365
date:
1945.10.15
site
description
general info
Zahoczewie
The UPA massacred 4 Poles, including 2 women. Three of the victims were from the Śliwiński family and Katarzyna Jasińska.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – October 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
4
min. 4
max. 4
ref. no:
11034
date:
1946.05.26–1946.05.27
site
description
general info
Zahoczewie
In the village of Zahoczewie, poviat Lesko, the village leader of Dymitr Winnicki aka Wiśniewski was murdered by the B–OUN militia.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1946 and Spring of 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.06.10]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
11210
date:
1946.07.31
site
description
general info
On the night of July 31, the combined party of 'Rena' and 'Bajda' carried out simultaneous attacks on the MO posts in Baligród, Kopalniany, and Zahoczewie. After a hard fight, the posts in Kopalniany and Zahoczewie are broken. The crew in Baligród, despite the losses, managed to defend themselves.
source: Myśliński Stanisław, „Shots at Cisna”, in: Ministry of National Defense Publishing House, Warszawa 1978.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.24]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
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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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