Chrynów massacre
| Chrynów massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chrynów, Volhynian Voivodeship, occupied Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°41′18″N 24°14′56″E / 50.68833°N 24.24889°E |
| Date | July 11, 1943 |
| Target | Poles |
Attack type | Shooting and stabbing |
| Weapons | Rifles, bayonets, axes, bludgeons |
| Deaths | 150 |
| Perpetrators | Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
Chrynów massacre (Template:Lang-pl) was a massacre of Polish worshipers which took place in the Volhynian village of Chrynów,[1] Gmina Grzybowica, Powiat Włodzimierz, Wołyń Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic (Volyn Oblast since 1945, modern Грибовицька волость, Ukraine). It took place on Sunday, July 11, 1943, when a death squad of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) as well as armed deserters from the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (formed by Nazi Germany), supported by local Ukrainian peasants, surrounded local Roman-Catholic church where the Poles had gathered for a religious ceremony. The parish priest Jan Kotwicki was shot along with a group of women, when attempting to escape through the vestry. During the attack on the village Ukrainians murdered some 150 Poles. A week after this events all buildings in the village and the church were burned down to the ground, and the village ceased to exist.[2]
References
- ^ Strony o Wołyniu (November 2007). "Wieś i osada Chrynów, gmina Grzybowica, powiat Włodzimierz, woj. wołyńskie". Wolyn.ovh.org. Including location map and names of prominent individuals.
- ^ Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia 1939-1945. Warszawa. 2000. p. 380.
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