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| The '''] of Poles in ]''' during ] were carried out by units of the "Ukrainian Povstanska Armiya" |
The '''] of Poles in ]''' during ] were carried out by units of the "Ukrainian Povstanska Armiya". Some have raised the question whether these actions were ordered by the authorities of the ] in ]; to date there is no evidence of such an order. | ||
| These atrocities followed upon Polish rule of this largely Ukrainian region during the inter-war period. |
These atrocities followed upon Polish rule of this largely Ukrainian region during the inter-war period. After World War I, Polish rule was made conditional upon the granting of local autonomy to Ukrainian territories incorporated into the Polish state. However, this promise was never kept. Polish government forces supressed the Ukrainian language locally and persecuted the local Ukrainian Orthodox Church especially. Also, the majority Ukrainian population suffered through "pacification campaigns" under the rule of local Polish government officials. Ukrainian protests against this maltreatment created an international scandal for Poland. | ||
| The onset of World War II brought Soviet, then Nazi German rule. The Ukrainians of Volyn began to form a local resistance army to fight for freedom and independence. However, local elements of this Ukrainian army began to attack the local civilians of the Polish minority, killing many in an attempt to drive the Poles out of Volynia. In the end, the Soviet and Nazi invasions , the UPA campaign and post-war Soviet expulsions all contributed to the virtual elimination of any Polish presence in the region. | |||
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| ⚫ | According to scholarly estimates, the number of Polish victims from these atrocities tend towards the 30,000 to 60,000 range. Popular literature in Poland tends to place the figure at 100,000, or even 300,000 souls. Retaliation by the Polish forces of the Armija Krajowa resulted in the deaths of 15,000 to 30,000 native Ukrainians of Volyn. Recently, the issue has been the subject of organized publicity efforts in Poland. There are alos efforts to bring about reconciliation between the ] and ] over these tragic events. | ||
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The massacres of Poles in Volhynia during World War II were carried out by units of the "Ukrainian Povstanska Armiya". Some have raised the question whether these actions were ordered by the authorities of the Ukrainian Rebellion Army in 1943; to date there is no evidence of such an order.
These atrocities followed upon Polish rule of this largely Ukrainian region during the inter-war period. After World War I, Polish rule was made conditional upon the granting of local autonomy to Ukrainian territories incorporated into the Polish state. However, this promise was never kept. Polish government forces supressed the Ukrainian language locally and persecuted the local Ukrainian Orthodox Church especially. Also, the majority Ukrainian population suffered through "pacification campaigns" under the rule of local Polish government officials. Ukrainian protests against this maltreatment created an international scandal for Poland.
The onset of World War II brought Soviet, then Nazi German rule. The Ukrainians of Volyn began to form a local resistance army to fight for freedom and independence. However, local elements of this Ukrainian army began to attack the local civilians of the Polish minority, killing many in an attempt to drive the Poles out of Volynia. In the end, the Soviet and Nazi invasions , the UPA campaign and post-war Soviet expulsions all contributed to the virtual elimination of any Polish presence in the region.
According to scholarly estimates, the number of Polish victims from these atrocities tend towards the 30,000 to 60,000 range. Popular literature in Poland tends to place the figure at 100,000, or even 300,000 souls. Retaliation by the Polish forces of the Armija Krajowa resulted in the deaths of 15,000 to 30,000 native Ukrainians of Volyn. Recently, the issue has been the subject of organized publicity efforts in Poland. There are alos efforts to bring about reconciliation between the Polish people and Ukrainians over these tragic events.
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