The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, with the support of parts of the local Ukrainian population, against
Polish victims of a massacre committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the village of Lipniki, Volhynia, 1943
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Dmytro Klachkivsky, commander of UPA units in Volhynia, who ordered the genocide of Poles in the region
The Kisielin massacre was a slaughter of Polish worshippers on 11 July 1943 during a Sunday mass.
Dmytro Klyachkivsky
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Dmytro Semenovych Klyachkivsky, also known by the pseudonyms Klym Savur, Okhrim, and Bilash, was a commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the first head-commander of UPA-North. He was responsib
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
…in Volhynia began attacking the Polish population, committing massacres in numerous villages. Encountering resistance, the UPA commander in Volhynia, Dmytro Klyachkivsky ("Klym Savur"), issued an order in June 1943 for the "general physical liquidation of the entire Polish population". The largest wave of attacks took…
Monument to Dmytro Klyachkivsky as Klym Savur at his place of death near Orzhiv, sprinkled with holy water by a Ukrainian Orthodox bishop