Gurów massacre

Gurów massacre - crime committed 11 July 1943 by the troops of Ukrainian Insurgent Army from group "Piwnicz" and the Ukrainian peasants on the Polish population during the so-called Volhynian massacre. Crime scene was the village Gurów, Grzybowice commune, Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion in the Volyn oblast. According to historian Władysław Filar, as a result of this action, were killed 410 Polish civilians [1] (according to historians Władysław and Ewa Siemaszko, 200 Poles and 2 Jews were killed [2]).

See also

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia

References

  1. ↑ Władysław Filar, Wydarzenia wołyńskie 1939-1944
  2. ↑ Władysław Siemaszko, Ewa Siemaszko, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia 1939-1945, Warszawa 2000, s.873


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