On Sunday, 11 July 1943, death squads of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists–Ukrainian Insurgent Army (OUN-UPA), aided by local Ukrainian peasants, simultaneously attacked at least 99 Polish settlements within Wołyń Province of the German-occupied Poland.Nabi Abdullaev, Foreign Policy Association: Central and Eastern Europe. Fpa.org. Retrieved on July 11, 2011. It was a well-orchestrated attack on people gathered at Catholic churches for Sunday mass. The towns affected included Kisielin (the Kisielin massacre), Poryck (the Poryck Massacre), Chrynów (the Chrynów massacre), Zabłoćce, and Krymn, while dozens of other towns were attacked on other dates; tens of churches and chapels were burned to the ground.
The Volhynian massacres spread over four prewar provinces, including Wołyń with 40,000–60,000 victims, as well as Lwów, Stanisławów, and Tarnopol provinces in Lesser Poland with 30,000-40,000 Poles murdered, for a total of 100,000 Polish victims of the UPA terror.
Selected locations of the Volhynian Bloody Sunday massacres Below is the list of selected locations of the OUN-UPA mass killing raids targeting Polish Catholics, with the confirmed number of victims from 11 July 1943 exceeding one dozen men, women, and children, according to the compendium of Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia compiled by Władysław Siemaszko and Ewa Siemaszko. Existing settlements that have been attacked but the number of Polish victims was unknown at the time the information was collected are not included here.Władysław Siemaszko, Ewa Siemaszko, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia. Tom 1-2. Publisher: Borowiecky, Warsaw, , Vol.1; pp. 137, 141, 144-145, 147, 159, 179, 186, 191-192, 195, 337, 382, 616, 696, 817, 820, 823-829, 831-834, 836, 838-839, 848, 850, 852-853, 857-859, 863-866, 868, 871, 887-888, 890-893, 895-896, 899-905, 915, 929-930, 948, 959.
Powiat (county) Gmina (commune) Name of settlement Number of dead victims Notes horochowski Chorów (pl) Bakonówka more than 21 Polish farmhouses burned down Janin estate around 50 From Janin, departure for a raid on Zamlicz Zachorów Nowy 30 Perpetrated by SB-OUN led by Wasyl Melnyk Zamlicze village and estate 118 Separate article (pl) Kisielin (pl) Kisielin 90 Kisielin massacre Podberezie (pl) Koziatyn (pl) (uk) 21 16 killed on site & 5 attempting to flee Zagaje village 260–350 Zagaje massacre, July 11 or 12 Władysław Filar (2008), Wydarzenia wołyńskie 1939-1945. W poszukiwaniu odpowiedzi na trudne pytania. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek. .Skobełka (pl) Musin (Marianówka) all Eradicated village Świniuchy (pl)Liniów (pl) (uk) 70 Sienkiewicze all Eradicated village, July 11 or 12 kowelski (pl) Krymno (pl) Krymno 40 Massacre at a church włodzimierski Bużanka (pl) (uk) 14 Nowojanka Strony o Wołyniu, Nowojanka. Wolyn.ovh.org at least 12 Polish farmhouses burned down, July 11 or 12 Suchodoły estate Strony o Wołyniu, Suchodoły. Wolyn.ovh.org 80 Suchodoły village (uk) all Poles Grzybowica (pl) Chrynów (pl) 150 Chrynów massacre Franopol Strony o Wołyniu, Franopol. Wolyn.ovh.org 9 Grzybowica more than 34 Gucin 147 Separate article (pl) Gurów 202 Gurów massacre Kropiwszczyzna (pl) more than 20 Nowiny ~ 80 Sądowa 160 Separate article (pl) Sądowa area 13 Stasin 105 Separate article (pl) Wygranka 150 Separate article (pl) Zabłoćce (pl) 76 Massacre at a church Żdżary Duże colony 51 Korytnica (pl) Strzelecka colony 60 Attacked on July 11 or 12 Turówka (uk) 49 Wydranka several dozen Mikulicze (pl) Biskupicze Górne estate 70 Biskupicze Górne village (uk) at least 20 Markostaw (uk) 44 Attacked on July 11 or 12 Mikulicze 24 Orlęta ~ 50 Zygmuntówka several dozen Poryck (pl) Iwanicze Stare & Nowe village & colony more than 9 Jerzyn 51 Attacked by the same death squad as in Poryck Kłopoczyn (uk) 15 Lachów (pl) at least 21 Orzeszyn 306 Separate article (pl) Pawłówka 10 Poryck 200 Separate article (pl) Poryck 1943 massacre of Poles Romanówka (pl) more than 15 Topieliszcze (pl) more than 14 Attacked on July 11 or in the following days Wolica 14 Werba (pl) Dominopol at least 220 Dominopol massacre Piński Most 29 Wołczak 9
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