Dem'ianiv Laz
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Dem'ianiv Laz (Ukrainian: Дем'янів Лаз, Polish: Demianów Łaz)[1] is a mass burial site of victims of the Soviet extrajudicial killings committed following the Soviet invasion of Poland near Stanisławów (modern Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine). At least 524 captives (including 150 women with dozens of children) were shot by the NKVD and buried in several mass graves dug by the prisoners themselves in a small gorge outside of the city.[2]
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Massacre at Dem'ianiv Laz | |
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Location | Pasieczna (Now Pasichna), Soviet-occupied Poland, modern Ivano-Frankivsk |
Date | 1939–1941 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | At least 524 |
Perpetrators | NKVD |
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