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[[File:Podkamien.jpeg|thumb|200px|Bullet marks on the tower of the Podkamień Abbey, stormed by UPA on 12 March 1944]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Pidkamin massacre''' - a crime committed by [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] and [[14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian)|SS-Galizien]] on Poles in [[Pidkamin]] in [[Tarnopol Voivodeship]], 12-[[16 March]], [[1944]]. Estimates of victims range |
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[[File:Podkamien krzyz.jpg|thumb|200px|Polish graveyard in Podkamien]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Pidkamin massacre''' - a crime committed by [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] (unit under Maks Skorupski command) and [[14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian)|SS-Galizien]] on Poles in [[Pidkamin]] in [[Tarnopol Voivodeship]], 12-[[16 March]], [[1944]]. Estimates of victims range include 150.<ref name=motyka>[[Grzegorz Motyka]], Ukraińska Partyzantka 1942-1960, Warszawa 2006</ref> |
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During the [[Massacres of Poles in Volhynia|Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and |
During the [[Massacres of Poles in Volhynia|Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland]], Pidkamen was a shelter for Poles, who had escaped there to hide in the monastery. Around 2,000 people, the majority of whom were women and children, were living there when the monastery was attacked in March 1944, by the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]], cooperating with the Ukrainian SS. |
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During the first day, attacks were rejected by small group of self-defence. At night the part of the population managed to escape. The next day Ukrainians promised to save peoples |
During the first day, attacks were rejected by small group of self-defence. At night the part of the population managed to escape. The next day Ukrainians promised to save peoples lives in exchange to surrendering monastery. While the monastery was being left Ukrainians started to shoot. Thanks to this mess Ukrainians were able to get into monastery. All civilians were butchered, include monks. Bodies were thrown into monastic well . |
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[[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] after crime camped in the Pidkamin town, and from 12 to 16 March repeated attacks on Poles hidding in monastery and nearby villages. 16 March Ukrainians back away, becouse of aproaching the [[Red Army]]. |
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Around 100 Poles were murdered in the monastery, and additional 500 were killed in the town of Pidkamen itself. In the nearby village of Palikrowy, 365 Poles were killed, 20 in Maliniska and 16 in Chernytsia. Armed Ukrainian groups destroyed the monastery, stealing all valuables, except for the monastery's crowned icon. |
Around 100 Poles were murdered in the monastery, and additional 500 were killed in the town of Pidkamen itself. In the nearby village of Palikrowy, 365 Poles were killed, 20 in Maliniska and 16 in Chernytsia. Armed Ukrainian groups destroyed the monastery, stealing all valuables, except for the monastery's crowned icon. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Massacres Poles in Volhynia]] |
* [[Massacres of Poles in Volhynia]] |
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* [[Huta Pieniacka massacre]] |
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* [[Chodaczkow Wielki massacre]] |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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* Henryk Komański, [[Szczepan Siekierka]], ''Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w województwie tarnopolskim w latach 1939-1946''; 1182 pages, format B5, 379 illustrations, hard cover |
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[[Category:1944 in Europe]] |
[[Category:1944 in Europe]] |
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[[Category:World War II massacres]] |
[[Category:World War II massacres]] |
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Revision as of 11:41, 1 September 2009
Pidkamin massacre - a crime committed by Ukrainian Insurgent Army (unit under Maks Skorupski command) and SS-Galizien on Poles in Pidkamin in Tarnopol Voivodeship, 12-16 March, 1944. Estimates of victims range include 150.[1] During the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland, Pidkamen was a shelter for Poles, who had escaped there to hide in the monastery. Around 2,000 people, the majority of whom were women and children, were living there when the monastery was attacked in March 1944, by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, cooperating with the Ukrainian SS.
During the first day, attacks were rejected by small group of self-defence. At night the part of the population managed to escape. The next day Ukrainians promised to save peoples lives in exchange to surrendering monastery. While the monastery was being left Ukrainians started to shoot. Thanks to this mess Ukrainians were able to get into monastery. All civilians were butchered, include monks. Bodies were thrown into monastic well .
Ukrainian Insurgent Army after crime camped in the Pidkamin town, and from 12 to 16 March repeated attacks on Poles hidding in monastery and nearby villages. 16 March Ukrainians back away, becouse of aproaching the Red Army.
Around 100 Poles were murdered in the monastery, and additional 500 were killed in the town of Pidkamen itself. In the nearby village of Palikrowy, 365 Poles were killed, 20 in Maliniska and 16 in Chernytsia. Armed Ukrainian groups destroyed the monastery, stealing all valuables, except for the monastery's crowned icon.
Footnotes
- ^ Grzegorz Motyka, Ukraińska Partyzantka 1942-1960, Warszawa 2006
See also
Sources
- Grzegorz Motyka, Ukraińska Partyzantka 1942-1960, Warszawa 2006