Funeral service for the Poles murdered by Ukrainian nationalists.
Zalesie (Distr. Kostopol), early January, 1942

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Polish settlement burnt to the ground by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, supported by local Ukrainian populace - approximately 600 Polish inhabitants lost their lives, bestially murdered or burnt alive.
Janowa Dolina (Distr. Kostopol), Apr. 22/23, 1943
(Easter Friday)

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Exhumation site in the village Wola Ostrowiecka (Distr. Luboml before WW2), where on Aug. 30, 1943 the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, supported by local Ukrainian populace, murdered bestially at least 573 Polish inhabitants.
Wola Ostrowiecka, Aug. 17-22, 1992

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Victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army - approximately 170 Poles bestially murdered in one night.
Lipniki (Distr. Kostopol), Mar. 27,1943

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Victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army - 29 Poles and 8 members of mixed, Polish-Ukrainian families murdered in one night. Even the Ukrainian members of the mixed families were not spared from martyr's death.
left: Janusz Mekala (age 3) - dead with broken limbs;
centre: Stasia Stefaniak (age 5) - dead with opened abdominal cavity and broken limbs;
right: Marek Mekala (age 2) - dead, bayonetted several times.
Katerynowka (Distr. Luck), May 7/8,1943

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Victim's skull at the exhumation site in Wola Ostrowiecka. The nature of the inflicted injury indicate the use of the head of an axe or a bludgeon.
Wola Ostrowiecka, Aug. 17-22, 1992

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