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Funeral for Volhynian Crime Victims Exhumed in Puzniki

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Organizers of the exhumations, many of whom were present at Saturday's funeral, hope that they will hope to heal this long-held spot of contention between Poland and Ukraine. 42 people in total were laid to rest in the first joint exhumation of its kind held on Ukrainian territory in years.

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"I hope that the process of Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation will begin in earnest," President Karol Nawrocki said in a letter addressed to those attending the funeral of the victims of the Volhynian massacre in Puźniki. Also attending the ceremony were Senate Speaker Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska and Minister of Culture Marta Cienkowska.

The burial of the victims of the Puźniki massacre is a restoration of dignity to those who had it taken away in the most inhumane way, said Minister of Culture Marta Cienkowska during the funeral of 42 residents of this village, murdered by the UPA in February 1945. Marcin Przydacz, Head of the International Policy Bureau of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, read a letter from Karol Nawrocki to the families of the victi…

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A Proper Burial After Years. Respect Restored to Victims of Ukrainian Murder - RMF24.pl - The victims of the brutal crime in Puźniki finally received a proper burial. On Saturday, in a small village in western Ukraine, a commemoration was held for Poles murdered in

Funerals have begun for victims of the genocide in Volhynia and eastern Lesser Poland, exhumed in Puźniki in western Ukraine. During this year's excavations, the remains of at least 42 people – women, men, and children – were found there. Puźniki is a former village in today's Ternopil Oblast, where, on the night of February 12-13, 1945, Ukrainian chauvinists murdered – according to various sources – between 50 and 120 Poles. The main perpetrato…

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Do Rzeczy broke the news in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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