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Parośla I massacre
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The Parośla I massacre was committed during World War II by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under the command of Hryhorij Perehijniak "Dowbeszka-Korobka" on 9 February 1943 against the ethnic Polish residents of the village of Parośla (named Parośla I) in the Nazi-controlled Reichskommissariat Ukraine. It is considered a prelude[1] to the ethnic cleansing of Poles in the Volhynia region by the UPA, and is recognized as the first[1] mass murder committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the area. Estimates of the number of victims range from 149[2] to 173.[3]
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Location of the Massacre (map of Second Polish Republic from before the invasion of 1939)