Ruda Różaniecka massacre
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Ruda Różaniecka massacre (Polish: Zbrodnia w Rudzie Różanieckiej; Ukrainian: Вбивства в Руді-Ружанецькій) — execution of Ukrainians in Ruda Różaniecka (now - in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of Poland), committed on October 10, 1944, by soldiers (military police) of the Milicja Obywatelska and local Poles, in retribution for the killing of Polish foresters & game keepers, resulting in the death of 33 Ukrainians (according to other sources - 32). Relatives of those killed only after the eviction learned about the fate of their loved ones, but do not know the place of their burials.[1]
Chronology of Events
On October 9, 1944, on the dikes near the hamlet of Lubliniec Nowy – Ostrówka, the commander of the third swarm of Lubliniec self-defense pseudonym "Sasza" attacked a forester and three gamekeepers from Ruda Różaniecka, who went there in order to detect and punish the perpetrators of illegal logging. Three of them were abducted, while one managed to escape and inform the military police (MO) post in Ruda Różaniecka about the whole incident. All trace of the abductees was lost. The inhabitants of Ruda accused the Ukrainians from Lubliniec Nowy of the attack.
As a result of the retaliatory action, which was carried out by the militia forces from the posts in Ruda Różaniecka, Cieszanów and Folwark, guided by the principle of collective responsibility, 35 hostages were abducted from Lubliniec Nowy. Soon, two people, including Father Kozenko, were released so that he could give the villagers an ultimatum. The condition of the ultimatum was the return of the kidnapped foresters before the end of the day. Otherwise, all the remaining hostages were threatened with execution (one of the hostages was killed while trying to escape near the ponds). The remaining Ukrainians were imprisoned at the MO station in Ruda Różaniecka. After the deadline for the ultimatum expired and the condition was not met, on October 10, 1944, all hostages were shot.
The murdered were buried nearby in old trenches, after some time the bodies were dug up and moved to another, unknown place. The bodies have not been found to date. The symbolic grave of the murdered is located at the Greek Catholic cemetery in Lubliniec.
Termination of the investigation
By a decision of September 18, 2002, Elżbieta Barnas-Lubas, prosecutor of the
See also
References
- ^ "74 роки від вбивства українців у Руді-Ружанецькій". Наше слово. October 27, 2018.
- ^ "Чи можливе прощення в україно-польських відносинах — Vox populi".
Literature
- 1947. Пропам'ятна Книга / Зібрав та до друку зладив Богдан Гук. — Варшава, «Тирса», 1997.