In January 1944, Hołub Jan and Just Bolesław were murdered.

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

source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Komański and Siekierka for the Tarnopol province (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2015, vol. 7

The UPA massacred 2 Home Army AK partisans, 17 and 22 years old.

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

27 Poles were killed in the German–Ukrainian pacification, the rest were taken to prison and then to the camp in Gross–Rosen. „On March 6, 1944, early in the morning, Zawonie was surrounded by German and Ukrainian soldiers from the 14th SS Division «Galizien». Soldiers threw grenades into buildings, set them on fire and shot the inhabitants. In particular, they headed to the farm of Ludwik and Jadwiga Chudych, where a radio station was hidden in a hidden shelter, and where Soviet partisans were at that time. The Germans shot the 16‑year‑old s/o Chudych, Józef, after taking him outside the barn, and Jadwiga's brother, Ignacy Kisielewicz, after taking him to the attic. They were probably trying to get information about the partisans. at this point, the Russians took up a fight, as a result of which all partisans died, except for one whose fate is unknown. The inhabitants of the entire village were herded to the chapel. During this, many of them were shot: some because of trying to escape, others because of indolence. Ozjasz Wecker (who had previously escaped from the ghetto in Sielec) was killed along with 17‑year‑old agnieszka Kowal when they were escaping towards the chapel. agnieszka, who was initially only wounded, was thrown alive into the flames of a burning house. Elżbieta Kisielewicz, paralyzed and unable to move on her own, was also thrown into the fire, and her husband had previously led her out into the yard. Blind Michał Kisielewicz died in the flames of his home. 17‑year‑old Dionizy Szermeta was shot while escaping. In the courtyard of the chapel, Tadeusz and Władysław Ptasznik were shot, who did not want to provide information about where the weapons and partisans were hidden. a Jew named Michał who was hiding there burnt alive in my grandfather's stable. a Jewish family of four from Mosty Wielkie, hiding in the barn of Bronisław Kisielewicz, died trying to escape after the barn was set on fire: two men, a woman and her daughter were shot while running. Many other people died under unknown circumstances. The bodies of many were found in the ruins of buildings, and the bodies of Bronisława Just and her son Paweł were found in the forest. as a result of the pacification action, the village of Zawonie was almost completely burnt down: only the school building, a chapel and four residential houses, including my grandparents' house on the hill, survived (for some time). The people locked in the chapel, mainly women and children, thought they would be burned alive, but fortunately this did not happen. This group included my father, whose grandmother Tekla had previously dressed up as a girl. Most of the men and some women (including the teacher) were chased to nearby Jastrubice (Józef Kisielewicz was shot during the march), and then about 50–60 people were taken to a prison in Lviv. after interrogations, several weeks later, the arrested men were transported to the Gross Rosen concentration camp, and the women to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Only 11 survived”.

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

source: Kisielewicz Andrzej, „Zawonie” — web page: www.math.uni.wroc.pl [accessible: 2021.01.29]

source: Szarwiło Bogusław, „Early morning, March 6, 1944 in the village of Zawonie”; in: portal: Borderlands Our Borderlands — web page: btx.home.pl [accessible: 2012.03.04]

Account by Kazimierz Kisilewicz: „Ukrainian civilians from Jastrzębice, Tyszyce, Sielec and Strychanka entered the village together with the torturers. They robbed the property of the inhabitants. Finally, soldiers burst into our house shouting «ruki to»'s hora. They were Ukrainians. They dragged us to the road that were being escorted at the moment: Jan Kisilewicz with his family, aleksy Matwiejenko with his family and others. We formed a group that was sent to the chapel. On the way, the SS men, beating us with butts, ordered everyone to run. There were probably five people shot by SS men between my house and the chapel. among them, I recognized 16‑year‑old agnieszka Kowal. Other groups of arrested were running ahead of us. Several shots were fired at us near the chapel. They were accurate. Jan and Izydor Kisilewicze were hit. No one in our group could help them. We had to run on. They were later thrown into a burning house without even bothering to check whether they were alive. It turned out that on the hill next to the chapel there was a machine gun, from which almost each group was fired several, always accurate, shots. after arriving there, we were led inside the chapel. about 50 people were already there. There was a fire in the village  […] There were two old people in the village: paralyzed Elżbieta Kisilewicz and blind Michał Kisilewicz. The SS men didn't even try to chase them to the chapel. The doors to the apartments were closed, the buildings were set on fire and they both burned alive. around 4 p.m. those gathered in the chapel were led out onto the road. The village was dying. There were detonations from all sides. Civilian robbers were leaving with our belongings. We were surrounded by a tight cordon, lined up in fives and we headed towards the Ukrainian village of Jastrzębice. To our horror, we recognized one partisan from the Giblackie Forest dressed in an SS uniform. It turned out to be a plug provided by the Germans. It could hurt us a lot. Father Władysław, mother Michalina, brother Józef, grandfather Józef as well as relatives and neighbors were walking next to me. The end of pacification of Zawonia was setting fire to the chapel. There are dead bodies and ashes left in the village. after traveling about one kilometer through the column, my grandfather, an 85‑year‑old old man, was pulled from the column and shot. We pass near the forest. The cordon of SS men is tightening. One of them on horseback is approaching me. I look closely at him and recognize him. Yes, this is my Ukrainian acquaintance, Piotr Jandreszko from Wolica Komarowa. at that moment I realized that the pacification of Zawoń was carried out by the Hałyczyna unit of the 44th SS Galizien Division. Jandreszko turned to me: «you ne wiczesz, I tebe watch over». Finally we come to the Jastrzębicka school and we are crammed into one of the classes (about 300 people). another SS friend, Józef Denysiuk, comes up to my father, also from Wolica Komarowa, just like the previous one, a former student of my father, the head of the local school. He took his watch, which the father will not need any more. We stayed at this school for almost two days without any food or water  […] In the afternoon, we were led towards a nearby forest. We were getting ready to die. When our column approached the Sokal – Kamionka Strumiłowa road, a German car stopped by us. There were Gestapo men from Sokal. after longer negotiations with the commander of our escort, they caused us to return to the school. There, it was allowed to serve food. We breathed a breath. The next day, after our hands had been tied with barbed wire, we were escorted to the Sokal–Lwów road, where two trucks were waiting for us. Tied by Fridays, we were driven into cars where we had to kneel”.

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

source: Kisilewicz Kazimierz, „The story of one village, or why I became a prisoner of the Gross-Rosen camp”, memoirs of a prisoner of camp Gross-Rosen No. 23214 — web page: wulkanyisushi.bloog.pl [accessible: 2012.03.04]

source: Szarwiło Bogusław, „Early morning, March 6, 1944 in the village of Zawonie”; in: portal: Borderlands Our Borderlands — web page: btx.home.pl [accessible: 2012.03.04]

The Ukrainians from neighboring villages murdered 10 Poles who survived the pacification.

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