Muczne massacre
The Muczne massacre of 16 August 1944 was the massacre of Polish civilians committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UIA) in village Muczne located in Bieszczady County in Poland.
Among the Poles were mainly refugees after the repression of the population in Volhynia and retreating in front of - 70 Poles were murdered. They were residents of nearby villages such as foresters, priests and children. Members of the UPA murdered Poles with axes, pitchforks and scythes.
In place of the murder in 2010 the memorial and a wooden cross was erected.[1]
References[]
Sources[]
- Grzegorz Motyka, "Tak było w Bieszczadach. Walki polsko-ukraińskie w Polsce 1943-1948", Warszawa 1998
Coordinates: 49°07′43″N 22°44′39″E / 49.128611°N 22.744167°E
Categories:
- 1944 in Poland
- Massacres in the 1940s
- World War II massacres
- Poland in World War II
- World War II crimes in Poland
- Massacres of Poles in Eastern Galicia
- Mass murder in 1944
- August 1944 events