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
Żmijowiska
Jaworów pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Lubaczów cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
103
max.:
103
events (incidents)
ref. no:
06206
date:
1944.03.31–1944.04.01
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The Ukrainians murdered 17 Poles from 5 families.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Konieczny Zdzisław, „Polish-Ukrainian relations in what is now Poland in the years 1918-1947, Wrocław 2006”, in: , p. 188
Others: 24 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Central Archives of Modern Records, in: DR, ref. No. 202 /III/ 121, sh. 267—290
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
17
min. 17
max. 17
ref. no:
06498
date:
1944.04.18–1944.04.19
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The UPA murdered 7 Poles from 3 families and 1 Russian.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
Myrosław Onyszkewycz „Orest Karat” gave the order: „I order you to purge your area immediately from the Polish element and Ukrainian–Bolshevik agents. The purge should be carried out in riverside hostels sparsely populated by Poles. To this end, create a militia near the area, composed of our members, whose task would be to eliminate the above–mentioned. Our larger hostels will be cleared of this element by our military units even in broad daylight […] The clearing of the area must be completed before our Easter so that we can celebrate it without Poles. Remember that when the Bolsheviks find us with Poles in our territory, they will slaughter us all […] Make a hard, ruthless fight with them. Not to spare anyone, even in mixed marriages. To take Lachs out of their houses, but The Ukrainians and children in these houses should not be liquidated […] Get the gun. Death to the Poles. Stop, April 6, 1944. Glory to the heroes! Orest, Karat” This order is in the files of the investigation against Myroslav Onyshhevych.
source: Miszko Przemysław, Matkowski Krzysztof, „Crimes of genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists in Eastern Lesser Poland in 1939—1945 against persons of Polish nationality - in the light of investigations by OKŚZPNP in Wrocław”; in: „Crimes of the past, studies and materials of IPN prosecutors”, in: Warszawa 2008, vol. 2 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
7
min. 7
max. 7
ref. no:
06601
date:
1944.04.28–1944.04.29
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The Ukrainians murdered 32 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – April 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Węgierski Jerzy Julian; in: „WiN Historical Journals”, in: No. 9/1996
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
32
min. 32
max. 32
ref. no:
07271
date:
1944.05
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
At the beginning of May, the UPA murdered 13 Poles in the forest: an 8–person family of a shoemaker from Drohomysl, a family of 4 with 2 children: a 19‑year‑old daughter and a 21‑year‑old son – abducted from Lipowiec, and a 29‑year‑old woman abducted from Lipowiec.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – May 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Konieczny Zdzisław, „Polish-Ukrainian relations in what is now Poland in the years 1918-1947, Wrocław 2006”, in: , p. 213
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
13
min. 13
max. 13
ref. no:
07615
date:
1944.07.19–1944.07.20
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The Ukrainians murdered 7 Poles, including a woman, and 1 Ukrainian.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Motyka Grzegorz, „So it was in Bieszczady. Polish-Ukrainian battles in 1943-1948.”, in: Volumen Publishing House, Warsaw 1999, Warsaw 1999, p. 171
And: sotnya „Zalizniaka” in July hid in the forests of the nearby training ground, where it waited for the front line to pass. While stationed in the forests, at least five people came across her, including two liaison officers of the Home Army and an officer of the Red Army. All five were killed.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
8
min. 8
max. 8
ref. no:
07625
date:
1944.07.21
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The Ukrainians murdered 9 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
9
min. 9
max. 9
ref. no:
07627
date:
1944.07.22
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The Ukrainians named Dranecki and Szczebel murdered 3 Poles: Zofia Pałoch with her son Michał and Maria Pałoch.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – July 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
3
min. 3
max. 3
ref. no:
10503
date:
1945.09–1945.12
(autumn)
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
In the fall of 1945, they murdered an unknown Ruthenian „for treasoning their nation”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1945”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
1
min. 1
max. 1
ref. no:
11362
date:
1946.12.23
alternatively:
21.12.1946
site
description
general info
Żmijowiska
The UPA murdered 13 Poles in the nearby forest: a shoemaker from Dobromyśl and 7 family members, and 5 people from Lipowiec, including women aged 19, 26 and 46.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1946 and in 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.28]
In the village of Żmijowiska, poviat Jaworów on December 23, 1946 [the UPA] murdered Dmitri Szczebel, 35.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1946 and in 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.28]
In the village of Wólka Żmijowska on December 21 or 23, 1946 [the UPA] murdered a Ukrainian, Dmitri Szczebel.
source: „Decision to discontinue the investigation”; in: Institute of National Remembrance, IPN Opole, in: ref. No. S 37.2013.Zi, December 21, 2018 — web page: ipn.gov.pl [accessible: 2022.02.25]
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1946 and in 1946”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2022.02.28]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
13
min. 13
max. 13
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