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
Wierzbna
Jarosław pov., Lwów voiv.
contemporary
Jarosław cou., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
Murders
Perpetrators:
Poles
Victims:
Ukrainians
Number of victims:
min.:
9
max.:
9
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
12498
date:
1945.02.24
site
description
general info
Wierzbna
1945 February 27, Jarosław — Fragment of the situation report of the PUBP manager in Jarosław 10 for the period February 17 — February 27, 1945:
„d) On February 24, 1945, a Ukrainian family consisting of 9 people was murdered in the village of Wierzbna, Jarosław district, by unknown perpetrators”.
source: „Situation Report No. 14 for the period from March 27 to April 7, 1945”; in: „Reports on the activity of PUBP in Jarosław for the years 1944—1946”, Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 04/144, sh. 33
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]
1980 February 11, Rzeszów — Fragment of a card of the murder by members of the Home Army unit from the 'Warta' group on a Ukrainian family in the village of Wierzbna:
„In March 1945 (no further date available), a band led by [Edward] Carpenter nom‑de‑guerre 'Zabawa' carried out a terrorist attack on a citizen of Ukrainian nationality, Nycz Mikołaj residing in the Wierzbna cluster, Jarosław district. After terrorizing the household members, they opened fire with machine guns, and as a result 8 people were killed, i.e.: Nycz Mikołaj, Nycz Maria, Nycz Julia, Nycz Karolina, Nycz Stanisław, Nycz Wasyl, Nycz Mirosław and Pasieczko Dymitr — a member of this family”.
source: Institute of National Remembrance IPN Rzeszów, in: Acta OAIPN Rz 05/1, cz. 5, sh. 18
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]
perpetrators
Poles
victims
Ukrainians
number of
textually:
9
min. 9
max. 9
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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.
- English contemporary name of the site — in accordance with naming conventions used in Google Maps.
- Contemporary regional info about the site — if in Ukraine than in accordance to administrative structure of Ukraine valid till 2020.
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