Ukrainians to Honor Polish Victims of Volhynia Massacre
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Exhumations of Those Killed in 1943 Will Be Held for the Second Time in Two Former Villages in Volyn
Exhumation of the dead will be held in two former villages in Volyn for the second time in 1943. Exhumation works are started in Volyn for the reburial of the inhabitants of the former villages of Ostrovka and Wola Ostrovetsk, who died during Volyn tragedy. Work will continue until August 7 to implement Ukrainian-Polish agreements.
In April, two villages in the Kovel district found signs of burial sites and human remains.
According to Polish Radio, the identified victims were adults and children – murdered by a unit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in February 1945 in Puźniki, Ternopil Oblast. A total of approximately 80 people died then. Volhynia Massacre. Another Stage of Exhumation in Puźniki. Thanks to the efforts of the Freedom and Democracy Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the remains of over 40 people have been found and exhumed…
On July 11, the Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance took part in events commemorating the victims of the tragic events of the Ukrainian-Polish confrontation...
On July 11, 1943, the genocide in Volhynia reached its climax. Units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army attacked nearly 100 villages inhabited by Poles. According to historian Professor Grzegorz Motyka, the brutality with which these crimes were committed was deliberate, intended to conceal their organized, planned nature.
Polish Defense Minister Vladyslaw Kosinjak-Kamysz will visit Ukraine's Volyn region on Saturday, July 11, to take part in the commemoration of those killed in the region during World War II.
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