Ostrówki massacre
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Massacre of Ostrówki refers to the mass murder of the Polish inhabitants of the Volhynian village of Ostrówki [pl], located during the interbellum in the gmina Hushcha, Liuboml (Polish: Huszcza, Luboml), Volhynian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic, now known as Ostrowky, located in the Manevychi Raion of Volyn, Ukraine. On 30 August 1943, armed members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UIA) murdered 438 Poles. Among the victims were 246 children under the age of 14.[1]
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Location | Ostrówki, Volhynian Voivodeship, occupied Poland |
Date | 30 August 1943 |
Target | Poles |
Attack type | Shooting and stabbing |
Weapons | Axes, bludgeons |
Deaths | 438 |
Perpetrators | Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
Motive | Anti-Catholicism, Anti-Polish sentiment, Greater Ukraine, Ukrainisation |
On the same day, the nationalists of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army murdered 529 Poles in the neighboring village of Wola Ostrowiecka (see Massacre of Wola Ostrowiecka).[2] After the massacre, Ostrówki was burned to the ground after its goods were looted. In September 1943, a commandant, surnamed Lysiy, of the local UIA, reported to the UIA's headquarters: "I have carried out the operation in the villages of Wola Ostrowiecka and Ostrovky (sic). I have liquidated all Poles, from the youngest to the oldest ones. I burnt all buildings, and appropriated all goods."[3]