The UPA murdered 53 Poles: they drowned 23 of those abducted from Lesko in the slurry; 4 families from Żernica Wyżna (16 people); 3 families from Żernica (12 people) and 2 young Poles.

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

source: Żurek Stanisław, „UPA in Bieszczady”, in: ed. II, Nortom publishing house, Wroclaw 2010, p. 27

J. Keller in his account to Grzegorz Motyce claims that the UPA drove 23 Poles from Lesko and buried them alive in a slurry in Żernica, while during the massacre of a small hamlet near Hoczwia, they crucified small children on the walls. Motyka states that these „accounts raise” doubts.

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

source: Żurek Stanisław, „UPA in Bieszczady”, in: ed. II, Nortom publishing house, Wroclaw 2010, p. 24

The UPA murdered Antoni Wysocki.

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

Two policemen from the Hoczew police station were killed in a UPA ambush.

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

Excerpt from the situational report of an unknown OUN clerk from the Beskid region for October 1945 about the murder of the Ukrainians Domaradz Dmytro and Mychajło Biłym in Żernica Wyżna, probably by soldiers of the Polish Army:
„On October 24 at 9 p.m., [unknown soldiers] came to the village of Żernica Wyżna, Sanok district to the farmer D. Domaradz, breaking the window in the stable and taking 3 horses and the servant of Mykhailo Biły, 16 years old, who was sleeping in the stable. Leaving the yard, they caught the 27‑year‑old Dmytro, son of Domaradz Tymek, near the house, returning from the village. Together with Biły they led him across the mountain towards Baligród. At a distance of 8 km from the house, they tortured Domaradz Dmytro and M. Biły and finally shot them. D. Domaradz received about 30 bullets from the PPSz machine gun and his tongue was torn off, and Biły was badly beaten and his leg was broken in three places”.

source: „Wisti z terenu za misiać żowteń 1945”; in: Poticzny P. J., Łyko I. (ed,), „Litopys UPA”, in: Toronto-Lviv 2002, vol. 34: „Lemkivshchyna and Peremyszczyna. Political reports (Documents)”, p. 21, in: orig. Ukrainian

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]

The UPA kidnapped 4 Polish women who went missing without a trace.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

The UPAs kidnapped 3 Poles who went missing without a trace.
„Michał Olszanicki, a gamekeeper in Żernica Wyżna near Baligród, abducted on February 14, 1947 with his brother Piotr and the village mayor by the UPA 'Chrin' sotnya, all traces of them have been lost”.

source: Marszałek Edward, „Forest history of Bieszczady”; in: State Forest Holding - State Forests — web page: fundacjabieszczadzka.org [accessible: 2021.04.11]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

„Baczyński Michał, my grandfather, was the mayor in the village of Żernica Wyżna, Hoczew commune in the Leski poviat. He was abducted on February 14, 1947 and all traces of him have disappeared. My mother was 11 years old at the time and this is how she remembered the circumstances of her father's death:
The Banderites came at night, took my father, they also wanted to take my adult brother, but he escaped through the window. The same night they also took our neighbors Piotr and Michał Olszanicki. Among the women murdered from the village of Żernica Wyżna, one named Kaśka was pregnant.
In the morning the children went to look for even a trace of where they had gone, but they were afraid to go far — they did not find a trace. In a few days, a piece of paper with hand–drawn characters with various injuries was posted on the front door. Mom remembers a clipped tongue and gouged out eyes, but there was more. This card was not allowed to be removed under the threat of death.
In a few days the Bandera followers came and took all the animals from the farm… and after the next few days they burned the house down. The family took refuge with neighbors.
In a short time, the Polish army announced two hours to leave their homes in May. They walked about 30 km to the railway station. They traveled in cattle cars with animals for 3 weeks. Lice and various diseases took hold. They never returned there again, they do not know anything about their father's fate to this day.
Maybe someone knows where my grandfather is buried? Please contact me at joloonia@wp.pl Jolanta z Baczyńskich”.

source: portal: stankiewicze.com — web page: www.stankiewicze.com [accessible: 2010.01.01]

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

The SB‑OUN militia abducted Maria Proch and, after interrogation, murdered her.

source: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: Acta IPN, 28.II.1947, sh. 46

source: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, in: Acta IPN, 27.II. 1947, sh. 60

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

The SB‑OUN militia abducted Anna Olszanicka, 20, and murdered after interrogation.

source: Jarosław Syrnyk, „Bieszczady Triangle. Thousand days and thousand nights of anarchy in Lesko poviat 1944-1947.”, in: ed. Libra PL Sp. z o.o., Rzeszów 2018, p. 350

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

The SB‑OUN militia abducted Olga Drabiszczak, 23, Michał Olszanicki and Piotr Olszanicki, and murdered them after interrogation. As Olga Drabiszczak did not admit to cooperating with the Polish authorities: „SB‑OUN used physical violence against her, and meticulously noted it in the protocol”.

source: Jarosław Syrnyk, „Bieszczady Triangle. Thousand days and thousand nights of anarchy in Lesko poviat 1944-1947.”, in: ed. Libra PL Sp. z o.o., Rzeszów 2018, p. 354—355

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

On March 7, 1947, a group of members of the UPA 'Hryn' sotnya attacked the village of Żernica Wyżna poviat Lesko, from where she abducted 7 men.

source: Prus Edward, „Operation "Vistula"”, in: ed. IV, Wroclaw 2006, p. 292

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]

They were kidnapped by the SB‑OUN militia Katarzyna Sakała and Michał Baczyński (another report states that 3 Poles and 5 Ukrainians were abducted).

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – year 1947”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.03.02]