The massacres prompted Poles in April 1943 to begin to organize in self-defence, 100 of such organizations being formed in Volhynia in 1943. Sometimes, self-defence organizations obtained arms from the Germans, but other times, the Germans confiscated their …

Beginning in March 1943, and lasting until early 1945, a violent ethnic cleansing operation against Poles – conducted primarily by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) – occurred in the regions of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia (now in Western Ukraine).

Mar 14, 2022 · Volyn massacre - mass destruction by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army - OUN of the ethnic Polish civilian population and of other nationalities living in Western Ukraine.

Jul 10, 2023 · Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Polish counterpart have jointly commemorated the Poles murdered by Ukrainian nationalists in the 1943 Volhynia (Volyn) massacre.

The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (Polish language: rzeź wołyńska , literally: Volhynian slaughter; Ukrainian: Волинська трагедія, Volyn tragedy) were part of an ethnic cleansing operation carried out in Nazi Germany-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)'s...

Jul 15, 2013 · Between February 1943 and February 1944, units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army killed up to 100,000 Poles in Volyn and eastern Galicia. UKRAINIANS call it a tragedy, for Poles it was a massacre.

Mar 25, 2020 · “Volyn massacre” is confirmed by thousands of witnesses and a huge number of photos. Polish researchers more than 36 thousand dead while their fellow citizens.

The Volhynian massacre - anti-Polish ethnic cleansings conducted by Ukrainian nationalists culminated in the summer of 1943.

Jul 8, 2020 · Since 2019, the IPN has been working on a database of crimes and victims of genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland in the years 1939‒1945.

Jul 15, 2020 · Between 1943 and 1945, Ukrainian nationalists attacked 99 Polish towns and villages in Wolyn, a Nazi-occupied region of Poland and is now part of Ukraine, and massacred thousands of Poles. It is estimated that around 100,000 Poles died at …